planeflyer21 Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) Since anti-gunners love to say "The founding fathers meant 'muskets' when they said 'arms and had no idea about repeating firearms," this is the place to put all the pre-1792 repeating firearms/weapons. Use this for your resource. Post on facebook or whatever else you post onto. Edited August 26, 2016 by planeflyer21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 A pair of Lorenzoni-style repeating flintlocks. Invented in the 1650s, this pair was comissioned around the 1750s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 The Girandoni air rifle, equipped by the Austrian army in 1790, this 22-shot .46 caliber bad boy would blast through a 1" pine board at 100 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Good work Planeflyer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Very cool links brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Thanks brothers! If anyone has other pre-2nd Amendment repeaters, put them in here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here's a bit on the Cookson repeater, a rifle version of the Lorenzoni system: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O77720/flint-lock-magazine-cookson-john/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beantown Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Nice thread planeflyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Thanks plane good idea!! Ill put it to use tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Alright, this is post-2nd Amendment but the Collier repeating flintlock was a primary inspiration for Colt's first revolvers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 /\/\/\/\ And as cool as that is, this flintlock repeater (8-round) predates the 2nd Amendment by almost 200 years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted December 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 The Puckle gun. Invented circa 1717 and marketed specifically for "Ottoman pirates", e.g., mooselimbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 I love it, square bullets for mooselimbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 A: that gun is frickin awesome. B: we have a new obscure term for killing muzzies that lefties will never understand. "Looks like we could use some square bullets, boys" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted December 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 1 hour ago, blue109 said: A: that gun is frickin awesome. B: we have a new obscure term for killing muzzies that lefties will never understand. "Looks like we could use some square bullets, boys" "What did you do today?" "We went out tossing some squares." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, planeflyer21 said: "What did you do today?" "We went out tossing some squares." The hippies would think you were on acid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beantown Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 4 hours ago, shepp said: The hippies would think you were on acid I wasn't a hippy, but I was known to toss a few squares back in the day. Ohh look, tracers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Not a pre-Constitution firearm but an interesting argument for identifying the Henry rifle as the first "sturmgewehr." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNKEBIT Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 16 to 1 advantage makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 hour ago, MikedaddyH said: 16 to 1 advantage makes a difference. Yeah it does. I've handled the Italian replicas of the old iron and brass Henry. Slide the magazine follower up to the muzzle end to full compression, twist about 90° (IIRC), then drop the rounds in until the magazine is full. Twist the end back over and the follower snaps in behind that last round. An enterprising soldier with a tube could have reloaded that magazine uber fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1PETER216 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Not pre 2 Amendment repeating firearm but I have told many anti's that prior to and during the American Revolution that our Navy were cannon equipt privateers and merchant ships. Cannons owned by private citizens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 3 hours ago, 1PETER216 said: Cannons owned by private citizens. ^THAT is what the second is for! LIBERTY FIRST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1PETER216 Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Absolutely that. Plus it's just neat to blow things up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beantown Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I'm still in awe of this air rifle. The engineering, 1790 mind you, blows my mind. 1790!!! Great video planeflyer. On 8/26/2016 at 11:00 AM, planeflyer21 said: The Girandoni air rifle, equipped by the Austrian army in 1790, this 22-shot .46 caliber bad boy would blast through a 1" pine board at 100 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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