Some crazy guns from the past

[Glenn E. Meyer]

http://www.cracked.com/article_19702_7-awesomely-insane-guns-people-actually-used.html

After seeing the double barreled 1911 - here's some whacky handguns with multibarrels or other strange things. A nutty rifle also but mostly handguns.

LeMats, duck foot, palm pistols, etc.

Cracked is a funny site - they have other funny gun things.

Glenn

 

[Creek Henry]

Wonky, man

 

[KyJim]

Great thread. I want one of those cane/sword/gun combos.

Some more unusual guns: http://www.weapon-blog.com/?p=1068

 

[Carne Frio]

Loading this must take a while !

 

[psycho nut]

Haha! I love Cracked.

 

[SIGSHR]

I recommend the book Firearms Curiosa by Lewis Winant.

 

[carsinc]

My favorite is the hand mortar, and early version of the M-79 grenade launcher, or elephant gun as we called 'em. Same principle, lob a large explosive round at your enemy in hopes of getting not one, but two or three of the bad guys.

 

[Cheapshooter]

Not as ancient as those, but I think equally interesting in appearance and function:
The Webley-Fosberry Automac revolver.

 

[James K]

I always liked the helmet pistol, a gun built into a helmet and aimed by looking at the target, an early version of a heads up display. It was fired by blowing into a tube, the air pressure pushing the trigger. I imagine one in .500 S&W would give the shooter neck strain after a couple of shots.

Jim

 

[DaleA]

Okay, the guns are seriously odd but the holsters, now they would really be odd.

Thanks for posting this...sometimes makes me wonder if we aren't as ... creative as folks were in the 1800's.

 

[thunter270]

30-shot pin fire revolver

http://www.horstheld.com/30.JPG
http://www.horstheld.com/30-b.JPG
http://www.horstheld.com/30-c.JPG
http://www.horstheld.com/30-e.JPG

 

[Holysony]

@Creek Henry
Are those real guns? if so, do you mind private messaging me the names? Thanks

 

[DaleA]

interesting pic thunter.

(Wonder if HKS makes a speedloader for it?)

 

[Slamfire]

Maybe the sights are wacky, one cross hair obviously fell out and the rear sight, what were they thinking?

Too bad the barrel is a sewer pipe, but the pistol does go bang.

 

[aparootsa]

Strangely enough, my wife was watching "Auction Hunters" last night, and they found a harmonica pistol from the 1840s. I was shocked when I saw it, and she was way shocked when I was right about what it was They got about $10,000 for it, and its retail value would be closer to $20K.