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Is that the revolver that fires two cylinders of different calibers simultaneously? |
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Local shop has one right now. .44 mag target model. |
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Why don't more revolvers put the barrel on the bottom? Sounds like a good idea to me. |
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www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=784 |
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The very-briefly-produced Cobray "Pocket Pal." It has two barrels (over/under) and two interchangeable cylinder (.22LR and .380ACP). Interesting idea, but as executed it's too bulky and heavy for a true pocket-pistol and too anemic (chambering) with too short a barrel/sight radius for a full-size gun. All in all, an odd little beast. In fact, its oddity is the only reason I hang on to it... |
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That's not bizarre, that's ingenius. I'd definitely get one if they ever produced them in the US or imported them for a reasonable price.
Several reasons. Tradition and ease of manufacture for one. To make a revolver with a barrel aligned with the lower chamber, you have to totally redo the frame, the hammer has to be redesigned, etc. I'm sure it does reduce felt recoil and make the gun more accurate on point-and-shoot. Besides the Mateba, the only other revolver I've seen with the barrel aligned with the bottom chamber is some Russian revolver chambered for 9mm Makarov. I know there are others, but I have no knowledge of them. |
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A friend of mine got hit by shrapnel from one of those blowing up at a machine gun shoot years ago |
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So the French beat the Austrians to the punch and invented the Glock first? |
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I probably awake the neigbours by laughing that loud... |
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Yeah, one throw of the bolt reloads both barrels. Capacity is 6 rounds. |
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OK, I want one of those! |
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Haven't you gotten her a Five-seveN yet? ByteTheBullet (-: |
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He was going to, but had to take it back to the gun store. He has to drive past a school on the way home and the Five-seveN kept leaping out of its case and charging towards the playground, snarling and foaming at the bore. |
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$1,599 minimum bid. |
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I was going to name this one, but I couldn't remember the Roth part. I knew it was something-Steyr. Interesting weapon. |
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I'm impressed.......you are the gun pic god!!!! I had heard of it but never saw a picture of one. |
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I think a board member invented that weapon........funny I can't remember his name though |
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Ever shoot it? |
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Yes, I have shot it once. I was able to find a few boxes of original ammo (8mm Steyr) for about $45 per box. I took one box to the range and it would fire 3 or 4 rounds perfectly, and then I would come across a weak round which caused the gun to jam. The ammo was pretty old I guess. As long as the ammo was good, it shot surprisingly well, and was pretty damn accurate at the 10 yard target I was shooting at. |
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Cool I love these old designs for guns and always wonder it they shoot well or not. |
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It's from a Guns & Ammo magazine from June 1975. |
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Didn't Mail Call deal with a muuuuch earlier revolver that had a single 15guage chamber under the regular revolver barrel. the hammer was wicked. |
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I know I use to have the issue........just trying to make a Imbro joke |
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Are you talking about the classic LeMat? (IIRC nine .42 chambers in a cylinder that revolved around a single .63 barrel under the .42 barrel...) |
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i believe you are thinking of the le mat |
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Don't mention his name, it is sure to start quite the imbroglio! |
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Saw several of those at the last gun show I attended. Most expensive one was in the $300 range, and one that didn't have any finish left was going for a little under $200. Supposedly they all functioned, but I didn't inspect any of them. I figured they'd go for a LOT more. |
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Interesting thread I brought back to life from page 100!
You're welcome Balming |
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I saw a weapon similiar to this in the hadji bizarre here in taji, except it fired either a 37 or 40 mm shell. |
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4 pages, and not a single pic of a "sporterized" (ie: ruined) Garand.
You guys are slipping something awful. |
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What shop??? Detroit area by chance? No Expert |
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Imagine you had two Mausers side by side. Well, they built a wide-body gun like that. One bolt throw operated two bolts, drawing safari cartridges from twin magazines, into twin chambers and twin barrels. And two triggers with two seperate locks. So it's a sight plane and double triggers like a double rifle, and then you can reload both barrels like a bolt action. In theory at least, but at the price of those guns I would hope it works. |
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The LeMat was .44-cal nine-shot revolver, with a single .410 barrel underneath. |
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thats weird! i want one. |
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I highly suggest the show. It's quite good. There's some Sig 552s in there. Some of the gun choices are odd, but very well done. Never figured out why everybody else in 9 carries what's apparently a CZ100. Then again, never quite figured out how a Jericho 941 got into Bebop. |
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