10 Weapons of WILD WEST You've Probably Never Heard of !

hello everyone, today we will be talking about Wild West firearms, yes a cowboy on this trusty colt 45, although the Colt 45 is a bit boring, how about a cowboy with his pepper box thrown in and added to that, by killing the harmonica, a revolver shotgun combo into a Pull the revolver, revolver, that old gun. The Smiths were really inventive, weren't they? So let us tell you about the most curious and notable

weapons

of the Wild West. Allen and Thurber pepper box, this strange weapon looks like a pocket machine gun and a real pepper. Besides the strange appearance, these

weapons

were quite popular in the borderlands, first they were simple and reliable, second, they had enough firepower at close range and that is exactly what people needed for self-defense, third, they were affordable four times cheaper than a colt.

So unless you work as a professional gunfighter you'll

probably

go with one of these, plus Allen and Thurber offered a wide variety of models ranging from 22 to 36 in caliber and 2 to 6 inches in barrel length, they could have four barrels or five or six. Whatever you say, as long as you pay and they're serious: Yes, sir, many of these inexpensive pistols look pretty good with the frame trim and very nice faux silver inlays. The main drawback of the pepperboxes was that they were muzzleloaders. Loading was cumbersome and took a long time, but once you got a box of loaded pepper, it had a double action trigger, which was an advanced feature at the time, the Army Colt for example had a single action trigger , so the shooter had to do it manually.

Remington Model 95, remember that movie. scene where the supposedly unarmed Django suddenly produces a cute little double barrel, it was a model 95 double derringer, a truly remarkable gun, it was less than 5 inches long and weighed 11 ounces, but this little thing was loaded with cartridges of 41 caliber. and threw the letter 685 feet per second, given that the 1873 army colt has a muzzle velocity of only 650 feet per second, this was not bad at all for an 11 ounce piece, this gun could fire two times before reloading once with each barrel, reloading involved opening. The barrel lock rotates the barrels up, places the cartridges inside and puts the barrels back down all these steps for a total of two shots, so you could say that this derringer was a unique two shot triple weapon, either you hit the target on your first try or they were in trouble, interestingly the gun had no trigger guard when not in use, the trigger was stored inside the frame fins and could be primed by cocking the gun.

The double derringer was designed for concealed carry and was so popular with gamblers, women, merchants, travelers. and generally anyone who wanted to protect themselves against a sudden attack, this piece could easily fit into a woman's handbag or hide in her clothing. Remington sold more than 150,000 of these practical and affordable handguns to fire a 20-round revolver in an effort to create a high-capacity pistol. The 19th century gunsmith tried different approaches, some of which were quite strange. French inventor Lafa devised a model that included two barrels and a huge cylinder that housed 20-pin cartridges. This type of cartridge was also his invention, the revolver.

It was first patented in France but eventually made its way to the US. It quickly gained popularity, especially in the southern United States, and for good reason, the main advantage was obvious: 20 shots against opponents, 5 or 6, with the double-action firing mechanism, the shooter also had an advantage in rapid firing, alternatively with two barrels, without need. For the hammer, the seven millimeter caliber was quite small, but understandably the huge cylinder could not be enlarged without reducing overall efficiency; even as it stood the revolver felt heavy and unwieldy. The inventor tried to alleviate this by getting rid of the trigger. instead, the owner could bend the trigger and tuck it into the frame, a questionable solution.

True, the revolver became somewhat lighter, but the folding trigger makes shooting less convenient. LeMat Revolver Jean Alexandre LeMat was a doctor by profession, ironically he invented a revolver and shotgun combo with considerable stopping power it could be that the guy got tired of all those annoying patients, in any case the PC created turned out to be powerful, efficient and innovative, its main feature was a 20 ii caliber smoothbore barrel that fired shot and, since revolvers were mainly used at close range, the result was devastating, the other barrel was a conventional rifle board of 6, 5 inches long and fired 42 caliber cartridges, which for the 19th century was quite modest, but the cylinder could hold up to 9 bullets, not bad, the shooter could switch between the barrels. by simply moving a lever on the hammer, however, this revolver had quite a few faults and some serious ones, first the rambures lever was quite flimsy, second, the smoothbore ramrod often fell off and got lost, third, the cocking mechanism Indexing was prone to wear out for these reasons.

The lamotte

never

gained great popularity, it was deadly and versatile, okay, but unreliable and expensive. The Colt revolver rifle meets a revolver that was also a rifle, although after the revolver shotgun combo it doesn't sound so strange, this rotary percussion rifle was an attempt to make a multi-shot long gun and it wasn't particularly successful, but There was no good alternative, so no one complained. Basically, this rifle was the same 1860 revolver, but with a very long stock and barrel, although there was one difference: the rifle was its own. When cocking some models, the inventors opted for seven- or eight-chamber cylinders, since the overall dimensions of the weapon allowed for such experiments, but for the most part they were the same six rounds of .36 caliber or .44 caliber, the rotary rifle offered a Relatively low accuracy, but it made up for it. in the rate of fire, ammunition was easy to obtain, the weapon did not require special rifle cartridges and could fire standard revolver bullets, but despite these many advantages, the weapon did not fly, it was really difficult to handle a long gun, It is not a revolver, it must be held with two hands, one hand would grip this rifle right in front of the cylinder and the firing gas is noticeably hot, burning your fingers after each shot is not a fun idea for anyone.

The Noel caplock revolver has a power name, Pierre Noel called it he invented a broken vulvar and the weapon turned out to reflect the complicated and cumbersome name, basically it was a revolver with a cap lock and a cylindrical shaft that ran horizontally at right angles to to the canyon, why was it like that? Who knows? This gun was difficult to carry because of the bulging cylinder it would catch on things the loading process was the whole project on itself you would first need to remove the cylinder so what you are asking to take it out load it put it back in not so fast the design of the gun just didn't do it would allow you to do it quickly placing the loaded cylinder back into the frame took quite a bit of time and who would need that Noeul power pistol either wasn't too impressive the 0.28 9 caliber that comes out with a 3.5 inch long barrel is quite modest although the folding trigger pull It was protected from accidental jostling by a safety tab on the right side of the frame.

The cylinder chambers were located radially, so a bullet was always headed directly for the shooter's face. Who would appreciate it if the slingers of the Old West didn't know that? L was able to sell a few hundred broken Volvos, after that production collapsed, even the 10-cap multi-shot cylinders couldn't save him. Cochrane Turret Revolver John Cochrane was another gunsmith who approached things from an unusual angle, he invented a revolver with a rotating cylinder. around a vertical pivot looked like a close relative of Noeul's broken vulvar and had the same problems: the cylinder had to be removed to reload the gun didn't fit inside a flat holster and two bullets faced directly at the shooter at all times, but in In terms of drawbacks, Cochrane reached a new height: the shooter had to manually rotate the cylinder after each shot, so he cocked the gun, fired, and then rotated the drum and gun again.

That was innovative, naturally, no one would buy a marvel like that. Except for collectors, Cochrane sold 150 pieces of this in total, but he did not abandon the concept and came up with first a drum rifle and then a field gun. He even managed to sell the patent to a Turkish gunsmith, making good money; he was

never

granted the artillery design. It made it to production, but that was the problem for the Turks. Jonathan Browning's harmonica. Here's another example of a long-barreled weapon with multiple shots and, once again, an unfortunate weapon. Browning's horizontal harmonica magazine held 554 caliber cartridges.

Firing was not automatic, of course, the shooter needed to slide the magazine by hand making sure to place the next cartridge exactly under the hammer and in line with the barrel. Do not forget that in the process of firing the magazine became very hot, this caused another problem: charges in neighboring chambers could catch fire. and in the best of cases, the shooter would lose the entire charge; In the worst case scenario, he would end up with some extra holes in his body to avoid chain shots. Gun owners smeared the chamber with a mixture of wax and towel, by the way, the manufacturer of this. gun Jonathan Browning was the father of legendary gunsmith John Moses Browning It seems that gun making was a thing in that family Jonathan was a faithful Mormon, he had three wives and 22 children.

He inscribed the words holiness to the land, our preservation, on all of his weapons. Yeah the first word was holiness on a 54 caliber five shooter revolver mounted on bank tellers, bet you haven't seen this one before. This 20-shot contraption that looks like nothing else is still, in fact, a revolver, it just doesn't have a handle, it basically isn't. frame, what it does have are slots for mounting it on a wall or counter and a trigger that ends with an eyelet for a piece of rope or wire. This is how this amazing device was used. It was mounted in a strategic location on the wall below. a desk, etc.

The important thing was that the cannon was pointed at the person entering the room. Two of these weapons were often used to cover a wider area. If the esteemed customer turned out to be a rogue thief, the bank teller opened fire in one direction. to install a pedal under the desk, this can be discreet and effective, the cashier would raise his hands, smile politely at the intruders and step on the pedal, shooting the poor souls on the spot. Another way involves ropes. Bank tellers' desks and counters were often protected. with bulletproof plates, at the first sign of danger, the teller would crouch under the desk and pull on the ends of the ropes, of course, the opposite ends were tied to the triggers.

They see that banks often became targets for robbery in the Old West, this system was not especially effective yet even poor protection is better than no protection volcanic gun the volcanic gun is one of the first creations of the famous duo Smith & Wesson the talented inventors were still inexperienced at the time and the product they made proved problematic this gun was supposed to benefit from multiple truly brilliant concepts but it turned out to be ineffective unpredictable and unsafe volcanoes the main problem had to do with the less round case it used It was a conical bullet with a hole in the rear.

The hole was filled with gunpowder and then Stoppard with a primer. Naturally, the amount of gunpowder that could fit in the hole was small, less than 0.01 7 ounces for a bullet. 38 ammunition, which was simply not enough for a 0.23 ounce bullet, this type of ammunition offered no distance accuracy or stopping power and could not scare a mouse, on the other hand, they often exploded even in the grocery store. weapons, the slightest jolt could knock them together, igniting the primers and the entire rack would explode, since for the design of the gun, it was actually a good thing that the bullets were lodged. in a tubular magazine under the barrel, turning the lever, the rod approached the hammer and prepared the trigger, at the same time the mechanism raised a new bullet, the return of the lever caused the hammer to load the bullet into the chamber of the barrel, the barrel breech was securely closed. with a crank and rod assembly sounds familiar, some time later the same mechanism was used in the Winchester and Henry rifles.

The world famous gun manufacturer Oliver Winchester was part of the Volcanic company and picked up quite a few things there, the underbarrel tubular magazine was also later used in the Remington pistol of 1871, which enjoyed some popularity; However, all of theseModels use more advanced rimfire rounds instead of the dangerous rocket-type bullet. What an unfortunate start for Smith & Wesson. So many great ideas and the gun turned out to be a fail, we hope you enjoyed the video and we want to know which of these was your favorite, let us know in the comments and if you liked the video hit the subscribe button and click the little notification bell so you'll be the first to know when a new video arrives thanks for watching and see you next time.