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Firepower Back to the 1500s: Pre-Collier Repeaters (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2022-11-25 12:00:06 +0000 UTCโClockwork Basilisk: The Early Revolvers of Elisha Collier and Artemas Wheeler" is available right now for preorder on Kickstarter:
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Samuel Colt wasn't the first person to invent a revolver, and Artemas Wheeler wasn't either. Today Professor Ben Nicholson joins me to discuss the history of repeating firearms before Wheeler and Collier - a history that goes clear back to the 1500s. From Roman candle type guns like the Chambers to superposed chamber designs like the Jennings to truly bizarre designs like the Dolep & Gorgo funnel pistol, we will cover it all!
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Paul Beck
I REALLY would appreciate it have you gone into ANY Details about the gun that was on the table!!! ๐คจ
Guido Schriewer
castle (burg) eltz. don't know if they have more than svivel guns but sure an outstanding collection on display. looks pricy as heck.
Guido Schriewer
I do wonder about those harmonica guns. did they had several "magazin/chamber" as a standart option? that would predate lee magazins quiet a bit. man they really must have had THE most skilled guys around for those early wheelguns.
Martin Morehouse
Nice bits on world trade; history is deeper than we usually think of it.
Loke von Post
Fascinating video! I hope to see more collaborations between the two of you in the future :)
George Bottarini
Thank you have ordered the book.
