Weird and wonderful

[BlackIce_GTS]

The builder calls it an MG47BP. Need to register to see the pictures, but there's some higher-res versions of the one you have here.

That gun seems to be about the only belt-fed bullpup, which reminded me of another probably-unique configuration: an open bolt revolving shotgun (I guess?)

TSKIB SOO made a revolving shotgun, which I think is really good looking:

Then they made a tactical version, which isn't.

Then they made a pistol version, because they're just the very best kind of crazy:

[Nyles]

Yeah, the Jo.Lo.Ar. is actually mine. I haven't shot mine yet - makes me a little nervous, and I haven't tracked down an 9mm Largo ammo yet.

EDIT: He just needs to tighten the screw on the Palanca and it won't flop down like that. I had the same problem with mine.

[Evil Tim]

Staying on the subject of attempts to bypass Colt's revolver patent, let's go for an entire class of weapons people barely remember, the chain rifle:



Treeby Chain Rifle of 1855. Since the things on the belt are chambers rather than rounds, this is actually a belt-fed revolver. The big handle in front of the chambers was a screw thread for sealing the gap between the front of the chamber and the barrel, you had to turn it down to form a seal before the weapon would actually fire.

There were also handguns of this type.

1866 Josselyn 20-round chain revolver:



And this thing. Nobody's that sure what it is, but it's in Tula's small arms museum labelled as a prototype from the 1920s.

[funkychinaman]

How did the inventor propose holstering such a pistol?

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

How did the inventor propose holstering such a pistol?

In Soviet Russia, pistol holsters you.

[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

How did the inventor propose holstering such a pistol?

I guess you could wrap the chain around it and have a *really* flared-out top to the holster, otherwise you'd have to load it every time you drew it.

This is what happens when someone patents the obviously correct answer to a design question, I guess. Not sure what the excuse was for the 1920s one, though, and I think the Josselyn was after Colt's patent had already expired, probably just being different for the sake of not being the same.

[Evil Tim]

Another bit of insanity from 1855 which wins any "how do you holster that?" contest, Joseph Enouy's 8-cylinder, 48-round "Ferris Wheel" percussion revolver:

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

Another bit of insanity from 1855 which wins any "how do you holster that?" contest, Joseph Enouy's 7-cylinder, 42-round "Ferris Wheel" percussion revolver:

You can load that on Sunday and shoot all month.

[Yournamehere]

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

Another bit of insanity from 1855 which wins any "how do you holster that?" contest, Joseph Enouy's 7-cylinder, 42-round "Ferris Wheel" percussion revolver:

That redefines "high capacity revolver". It rivals the highest capacity stick mags on the market today. Not to mention that thing has an AFG 150 years before Magpul even dreamt of it. What a glorious bit of technology.

And clearly it's not for holstering. You have to lug it around attached to an old timey leather single point sling affixed to the butt. It doubles as an anchor.

As for the belt fed pistol, you get a long enough belt to act as a bandolier and fire it as far as you can stretch it from your body as it hangs from it, hoping the chambers don't get caught or burn you as they come round. When men were men I say!