Before the modern era of firearms , gunmakers came up with ingenious ways of increas... ...ng the ammunition capacity and reloading speed of firearms . These efforts (and My Little Pony) I find a cons... ...h a single cap.Link -via Pocket Pistols, Historic Firearms , & Cu...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/11/The-Harrington-Volley-Gun/
We've seen two MLP rifles, a shotgun, a handgun and a holster. But that's not enough. Alex was saying to me the other day, "Dammit, John, we need more ponies on Neatorama! Go out and find me more ponies!" So I went to wo...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/09/My-Little-Pony-Handgun/
According to legend, the Greek engineer Archimedes... ...ever caught on?Link -via Pocket Pistols, Historic Firearms , & Curiosities | Photo: Two Flints
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/08/A-Rifle-Design-Based-on-Archimedess-Screw/
This unusual pistol is a Colt 1851 Navy Revolver.... ...it with water.Link -via Pocket Pistols, Historic Firearms , & Curiosities
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/03/Revolvers-Detachable-Buttstock-Doubles-as-a-Canteen/
Although there were such things as repeating flint... ...ugh there were such things as repeating flintlock firearms , gun owners of the flintlock era needed options w... ...on the next.Link -via Pocket Pistols, Historical Firearms , & Curiosities | Photo: iCollector
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/02/Flintlock-Butter-Knife/
This unusual clock is a solar cannon. It's a sundi... ...of the cannon."Link -via Pocket Pistols, Historic Firearms , & Curiosities | Photo: Little Gun
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/28/Sundial-Alarm-Clock-Goes-off-with-a-Bang/
Yes, the shoulder stock of this AK-47 is from a shovel. That's not the impressive part. The receiver--the housing for the action--is also from a shovel. Yes, really! Boris melted, reforged, reshaped, cut and welded the b...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/26/Man-Builds-a-Rifle-from-a-Shovel/
Make sure that your birth plan includes a good sel... ...rth plan includes a good selection of obstetrical firearms , such as this specimen from Borneo: It was reput...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/23/Nineteenth-Century-Birth-Cannon/
This .50-caliber wheellock musket, propularly know... ...ended.Link -via American Digest | Photo: National Firearms Museum
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/22/The-iMayfloweri-Gun-The-Only-Surviving-Firearm-from-the-Pilgrims/
I can't find much information about this flare gun beyond that it's of French manufacture and has a percussion cap ignition system, thus dating it to probably the Nineteenth Century. The cup at the end, I gather, is used...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/22/Antique-Flare-Gun/
