I'm trying to figure out what that beast is. From the side it looks like a tried and true vintage rolling block Remington. But the lines of the action might conceivably be a falling block too...so do those barrels go off one at a time? Or all at once like the old volley guns...?
Whatever it was, it was obviously a gentleman's gun.
Looks like something must rotate somehow.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree; but then there's that barrel in the centre...
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ReplyDeleteask harry what it is.
he is a collector.
Will do, Deb! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI'd swear that I just saw this on some kind of TV history program, or a video about guns on the 'net. Someplace or other, because the commentator remarked that it looked like a volley gun, but it wasn't. The entire barrel rotates; it was a precursor to the revolver rifles that never worked out well.
ReplyDeleteIt appears to be a Belgian Flobert.
ReplyDeleteTake a look at this link.
https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=508721
Harry