Flint Revolver Carbine

[artmechanic]

Just thought I'd share what I'm working on. Came into the museum at the end of 2015...just getting to it now. Manufactured by Blunt & Syms in 1819.
The little box holds enough primer for several charges and opens to fill the pan (by way of a notched cam) the the frizzen is lowered. The cylinder is turned by hand.

 

[artmechanic]

tried to insert photo...just copy/paste the link to get to the image

 

[SgtErv]

Well...that's interesting... :shocked2:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Like this?

OK: :shocked2: Still didn't work.
But, very interesting item. One of many experiments in the history and evolution of firearms.

 

[Muskeg Stomper]

Copy and paste to a new tab worked for me. Very interesting piece.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

This is easier: Revolving Flint Carbine

LD

 

[Grumpa]

Neat! Is it a copy of Collier's invention (which was the inspiration for Colt)? As you know, they were used in India by the British.

I came across the Lorenzoni 7-shot flint pistol while looking this up. Another ingenious approach to the problem. A lot of mechanical inventiveness in this period.

You actually get to work on this! Thanks for sharing. :hatsoff:

 

[Grumpa]

Is the cylinder loaded on or off the gun?

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Like this?

OK: :shocked2: Still didn't work.
But, very interesting item. One of many experiments in the history and evolution of firearms.

That "http://" in front of the "https://" at the beginning of the link shouldn't be there - that's a mistake. Even without it though it won't work because that's a link to your google drive and not the link to a picture. So, there is no public access to it. Any link to a picture is going to end in ".jpg" (most common), ".png" (least common), or ".gif" (usually used for illustrations). Those are the only three image formats that your web browser can display.

To get an image to display here, it needs to be hosted somewhere else. Lots of folks use Photobucket, Flickr, or some other free image-hosting site. You upload the image there and then put the "direct" link provided by the site in between the "

" tags to post it here.

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan

 

[artmechanic]

We're researching the piece, trying to find papers 'n such. I'll post anything interesting that we find. Could be a while though...exhibitions to get ready

 

[artmechanic]

On gun, as far as I can tell now. Need to disassemble to remove gun oil. Will know a lot more then.

 

[artmechanic]

Thanks, I'll try that for the next ones.