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Unusual firearms - the Volcanics

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 3:50 pm
by Katzenjammer
If you have never come across these before the following makes interesting reading. I found out about them years ago when I was young as a neighbour had one in his collection like this in the you tube video. Very elegant guns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te1FODnHb68

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_Repeating_Arms

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=volca ... C8wQsAQILA

Re: Unusual firearms - the Volcanics

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:41 pm
by Pat g
Very Interesting Pistol Steve. The engineering was fantastic.
Another very interesting one of course was the first true Double Action revolver,
See Below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ad ... n_designer)
Amazingly it was such a success that Sam Colt Closed his London factory because of the fall in sales due to the Adams.
I was lucky enough to handle one of these revolvers many years ago in John Atkinson firearms of Stanley Co Durham. Long since closed now of course but i can remember being impressed with how well built it was and of course the unusual feature was that it had a safety catch :)
ATB,
Pat