Rare japanese 6 barrel revolver??

[hawkeye1755]

Anyone of you ever saw this kind of japanese "revolver? :hmm:

:shocked2:
:hatsoff:

 

[Blizzard of '93]

If anyone else had posted that thing I'd figure they was joking!! :haha:

 

[John Taylor]

Six shot, not six barrels. Would hate to see a chain fire of that piece. I have seen pictures of others like it.

 

[hawkeye1755]

Six shot, not six barrels.

:redface: :shocked2:
John, you are absolutly right.
:hatsoff:

 

[wildeagle]

I can't quite make it out in the photo , but how do you select a single chamber to fire :hmm: it seems that the chambers all meet where the match makes contact :hmm:

 

[Gunny69]

I say its a better club than revolver! But as a student of history, its very interesting! :thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

Looks like the first prototype of a Lewis machinegun. :haha:

 

[mykeal]

The Original Wheelgun!

There was a long gun made before/during the Civil War that the north evaluated which had the same mechanism.

Yes, chain fires would seem to be something of a risk; when one chamber is aligned with the barrel, three others are aimed at various portions of the shooter's anatomy. Not a good thing.

 

[Doc Arroyo]

So maybe Porter made a trip to Japan before he created this...


(For some reason I am not able to post pictures.)