PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 23 days agoPair of multi-barrel pistols, UK, ~1800 ADmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1imagePair of multi-barrel pistols, UK, ~1800 ADmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareMohamedMoney@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoDo they shoot one projectile after another or all at the same time?
minus-squarealleycat@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 days agoOne after another, judging from the separate ignition mechanisms. When the two top barrels are spent, you turn the whole package 180 degrees to use the two bottom barrels.
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoIt looks like they have two hammers but one trigger, so you could fire all four barrels at once, or shoot one half then the other
Do they shoot one projectile after another or all at the same time?
One after another, judging from the separate ignition mechanisms. When the two top barrels are spent, you turn the whole package 180 degrees to use the two bottom barrels.
It looks like they have two hammers but one trigger, so you could fire all four barrels at once, or shoot one half then the other