Picture of the Day - Unusual Guns

[Nick Burkhardt]

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[CountryGent]

That gun/knife is hideous on multiple levels.

 

[DeanMk]

The Break Action Single Shot Repeating Shotgun......wait...what?

 

[CountryGent]

Mateba, MTR-8, Italian Revolver. A tad unusual.

 

[The Heretic]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GunMemes/comments/uvlnm7

 

[CountryGent]

Experimental M1944 Hyde Carbine. Automatic in .30 Carbine with a quick change barrel inspired by the German MG42 machine-gun.

 

[The Heretic]

https://imgur.com/liCRzu9

In a soft-recoil system, the spring (or air cylinder) that returns the barrel to the forward position starts out in a nearly fully compressed position, then the gun's barrel is released free to fly forward in the moment before firing; the charge is then ignited just as the barrel reaches the fully forward position. Since the barrel is still moving forward when the charge is ignited, about half of the recoil impulse is applied to stopping the forward motion of the barrel, while the other half is, as in the usual system, taken up in recompressing the spring. A latch then catches the barrel and holds it in the starting position. This roughly halves the energy that the spring needs to absorb, and also roughly halves the peak force conveyed to the mount, as compared to the usual system. However, the need to reliably achieve ignition at a single precise instant is a major practical difficulty with this system; and unlike the usual hydro-pneumatic system, soft-recoil systems do not easily deal with hangfires or misfires. One of the early guns to use this system was the [French 65 mm mle.1906](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_65_M_(montagne)_modele_1906); it was also used by the World War II British PIAT man-portable anti-tank weapon.

 

[DeanMk]

However, the need to reliably achieve ignition at a single precise instant is a major practical difficulty with this system...

Couldn't you just figure out a point that is, say ,95% (or thereabouts) of the forward travel of the barrel, and build the trigger as a trip sytem, so it would fire at a point just before the forward most point of barrel travel (the remaining 5% or so of travel allowing for the mechanism to work enough to fire the cartridge and the millisecond or two of remaining time for the charge to burn enough to cause the recoil to begin with).
It doesn't necessarily have to hit at the precise end of the forward travel, just close to it should be good enough.
So when you "fire" the thing, all you're really doing is releasing the barrel to start its forward movement.
The rest happens automatically.
Utilizing that, it seems like it would be a pretty reliable system.
Cool idea anyway.

 

[The Heretic]

Libyan "tank" with a 90mm gun and a crew of four

A Libyan militia rigged a Humvee with a monster 90mm cannon

Just look at this beast.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

 

[CountryGent]

Not going to bother denying it ... yah, kind of would like to give that one a spin.

 

[CountryGent]

Hi-capacity circa sometime in the 19th century:



And ¡Viva España!

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

Not going to bother denying it ... yah, kind of would like to give that one a spin.

I'm thinking of using it on my every day carry. Of course, I will need to have new holsters made, one for open carry and one for concealed at 9 position since I am left handed.

 

[The Heretic]

Philippine "Homemade" 9mm SMG

The lower looks to be the only "homemade" part, probably cast. The rest looks to be purchased parts.

 

[CountryGent]

Le Redoutable, 20-shot, double-barrel, revolver.

 

[tac]

Gentlemen and Lady, I give you THE PUCKLE GUN!!!!!!

It was designed to shoot ROUND shot at Christians, and cubic shot at Moslems or other non-Christians.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

Made in Japan

 

[The Heretic]

 

[DeanMk]

Made in Japan
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Reminds me of the world's fastest gun...

 

[Jason999]

Kansas Raygun, open bolt .22 with some interesting proportions.