Subdeacon Joe Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 And odd one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I am wondering about the R&D process of getting these designs working without losing body parts. ))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The guns of the mid 19th Century (1830's through early 1870's) have always fascinated me. Firearms went through a spurt of growth and technological advancement much like the one computers went through during the tech boom of the 80's and 90's when the latest and greatest computer was superseded by something even newer in a matter of weeks or months. If you can imagine a way to load a gun, there's a half a dozen designs out there that used some sort of variation of it. Sometimes, you wonder why a particular model never caught on. Other times, you wonder what the inventor was thinking and can't imagine how he was successful in bringing it into production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Interesting design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Loading works much like the 1819 Hall rifle used by the US Army. I always wondered why the US Army mozed away from the popular Hall and went back to a conventional muzzleloader without improving the Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Always did like an Under Striker. Interesting pistol ... on firing, in slo-mo, no gas leakage at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Cool, would go with my 58cal muzzle stuffer. Wonder who makes the replica's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Thanks Joe. In the credits there was a line that said "168 fpe". I Googled that as I didn't realize fpe stood for foot-pounds of energy. Duh...anyway I found this: https://www.crosman.com/connect/airbow/pioneer-airbow-faq/ It has 168 foot-pounds of energy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Strange critter, but I wouldn't want to get hit by it! JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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