A triple barrel shotgun:
(picture from link)
Here's the real kicker - it's from 1891! More from the link:
The next step is obvious: A triple-barrel 1911!A unique triple-barrelled shotgun made for a Scots aristocrat has been sold at auction for £43,000 (then $66,000). The shotgun - dubbed the “Holy Grail” - was made in April 1891 for John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow and the seventh Earl of Hopetoun. The three-barrelled ejector, 16-bore gun, with three triggers, was designed by renowned Edinburgh gun makers John Dickson & Son and is the only one of its kind. Its origins were identified after the gun was taken to a valuing event at Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, and it has now been sold at Holt’s auction in London, to a private collector, after fierce bidding from around the world.
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Yea, but it's 16 ga., so ammo would be expensive.
"Yea, but it's 16 ga., so ammo would be expensive."
...and that's your internets for today, kids. :D
I was going to laugh and then I remembered how many 16 gauge shotguns I own...
So, the Seventh Earl had to chase two shells if he got a bird on his first shot? Triple, non-selective, ejector? Not very practical.
Rivrdog:
Picking up loose unfired cartridges from the ground is a job for the servants.
mmmm....now I wanna see a movie about zombies in 19thC Scotland. With Duncan McLeod of the clan McLeod.
I'm surprised no one else said it
http://snarkyposters.blogspot.com/2012/06/see.html
Triple-barrel shotguns aren't all that unusual. Well, three barrels all the same caliber are, but "combination guns" with one or two smooth barrels and one or two rifled barrels are a very well known kind of long-arm. How about a triple with 1 12-gauge barrel and 2 .30-06 barrels?
When I was a lad, one of the best things about going to West Point for a day trip was the weapons wing of their small but wonderful museum. Among the many awesome shooty things on display was a five barreled shotgun, three atop and two below, tightly packed, with short barrels for riot work.
Anyone else remember that glorious, early days street sweeper?
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