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October 11th, 2010 at 10:02 am
That 7 barrelled muzzle loader sure is interesting. But firing all 7 at once? Who thought that was a good idea?
I’d probably give it a go if I had the chance. heh
October 11th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
The Royal Navy thought it was a good idea. Until they actually tried using them, which supposedly resulted in some injuries. They were out of military service by the time of the French revolutionary wars.
Interestingly, at least one double volley gun was made (yes, fourteen barrels); according to Blackmore it’s at a museum in Belgium.
October 11th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
This multibarrel weapon was made somewhat famous in Bernard Cornwell’s fictional Napoleonic War sagas of Richard Sharpe, an officer risen from the ranks.
The gun was favored by Sharpe’s Sergeant Harper, an Irishman of massive size and strength, who was able to use the gun repeatedly in the novels, mostly as a necessary force multiplier in the face of superior enemy numbers, without breaking any of his own bones.