Treeby Chain Gun

We're going to jump back a hundred years, and take a look at a design from 1854 today - although it was a design well ahead of its time. The Treeby chain gun was a percussion rifle that could fire 14 rounds in rapid succession, unlike anything else available at the time. We took a look at one in person:

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/treeb...

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[lewis simmons]

DO YOU THINK YOU COULD ASK FOR A CHANCE TO DEMO FIRE THIS GUN ???ID LOVE TO SEE IT

[ForgottenWeapons]

Unfortunately, I will not be able to fire this one. I don't have regular access to it, and it's just too rare and valuable for the owner to be willing to risk damaging it.

[MadSpectro7]

You think Hiram Maxim might have gotten the idea of belt-feed from chain guns like this one.

[ForgottenWeapons]

It's possible, but unlikely. Only two of these were made, and I doubt Maxim would have ever seen them.

[woahcoolwaffles121]

If only two of them were made, where is the other one, and how did this one come into your possession? Seems like a one in a million chance to see one of the two of them.

[ForgottenWeapons]

We don't own this ourselves; we saw it in a collection we visited.

[Tmerkley01]

For a demonstration model maybe a machinest would be able to reproduce something like that. Kind of like the air rifle used by Lewis and Clark. Just and idea.

[vadyrasty2]

All you need is gun-powder, some cloth and a mold to make iron balls.

[31boudu]

never see that!amazing!

[RunningtankwithA249]

this is a work of art

[Phaideaux Brown]

Anyone else thinking "blow forward, striker fired, semi-auto blackpowder rifle" or is it just me?

[theKwrench]

Now this is super ingenious!

[PanHustej]

you don't know your own language - that's pathetic!!

[Treselak]

I wonder if you could adapt this design to fire something like 12G shotshells.

[torukmakto4]

This is incredibly close to the Nerf Vulcan action in principle.

[James Knowles]

Be quiet you charge mongler.