Nock Volley Gun on American Guns

[bioprof]

Anyone see the episode on American Guns where they built a Nock Volley Gun? I saw the episode today on the Discovery Channel. I thought what they did was an abomination. First, they welded together 4 octagon barrels and tested them, because they were afraid that all of the barrels would fire at once and produce too much recoil (they are supposed to fire all at once). They discovered that they did fire all at once, so the owner told them that they couldn't use the octagon barrels and to use round barrels. They proceeded to use the round barrels, and surrounded them with a shroud, so that "the user wouldn't burn themselves on the hot barrels."
At least they made the stock out of wood. That was about the only thing they did right. I'm surprised that they didn't use a black plastic stock and put a laser sight on it. :rotf:

 

[preston cook]

here ya go tell him what you think about his show https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rich-Wyatt-American-Guns/217320534994233

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

This is what a Nock Volley looks like.

All of these shows have an incredible level of ignorance when dealing with muzzleloaders.

 

[bioprof]

Here's the American Gun's version:

Looks kind of like a steampunk version.

 

[ohio ramrod]

T.V. land is not the real world. :idunno:

 

[Zonie]

Ya gots ta watch out fer em round barrels!
Their plenty hot! :grin:

 

[bioprof]

Ya gots ta watch out fer em round barrels!
Their plenty hot! :grin:

That speed loader that they built must really work well!

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

What is funny, right after posting the picture I watched this week's episode of the American Rifleman. They had a pretty good report on an actual Knock Volley Gun recently donated to the NRA. Knowing some about this firearm they actually had the history part right. They shot the volley gun and this is where my :bull: alarm went off. They had it loaded with some kind of flash powder it could not have been black powder. I have shot one of these with a musket charge in each barrel. Much more smoke and fire comes out. At least they got the History right for the most part.

 

[Zonie]

If I was the guy at the NRA responsible for setting up a shoot with an original Volley Gun I would use either flash powder or black powder but there would be no projectiles loaded into any of the barrels.

The blank loads would show how it works without possibly damaging the gun.

 

[Capt. Jas.]

I hope the figure they were going to charge that poor fellow for that piece of crapola was untrue.

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

If anyone would like to see a nock volley fired at night with blanks go to YouTube and type in "Great Grandmother fires a nock volley gun". The lady shooting is a very good friend of mine and she likes things that go boom. You can hear her reaction after the shot.

 

[sequoia]

When they were testing the barrels the first time they poured a pile of priming powder in the pan and then they were surprised when the huge flash set the dummy on fire! It was interesting that they test fired the gun in the parking lot of their store, the neighbors must love them.

 

[tiger13]

Are the barrels on that arc welded together? in the picture they just look like they are. Cool gun none the less!