3 Barrel Hand Cannon

[theweakerbrother]

YouTube - Shooting the 3-Barrel Rapid-Fire Pole Cannon!

This thing is NUTS. They start off shooting blanks in this and then do some real range firing. I would love to OC one of these puppies.

Anyone know anything about this or seen anything like it ever? They say it is from the 15th century but I don't know how they are verifying this.

 

[bighop1]

do not know a thing about it but it is way cool

 

[boman]

Probably not 15th century as percussion caps weren't invented until the 1820s'. These types of arms are know as "gones" aka guns and this is a pole variety. If it is an original piece some one ruined its value by installing the musket nipples. An original would have been fired by a "match".

Steve

 

[bat54r]

That thing looks rough, don't know if I would have had the nerve to load it up and fire it. Very cool though.

 

[theweakerbrother]

It reminds me of something out of a steampunk fantasy novel.

 

[rjstew317]

"Ye Olde Staff O Death"

awesome

 

[Local481]

that proly was use for HD im pretty sure

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Probably not 15th century as percussion caps weren't invented until the 1820s'. These types of arms are know as "gones" aka guns and this is a pole variety. If it is an original piece some one ruined its value by installing the musket nipples. An original would have been fired by a "match".

Steve

Hard to tell, though... Many older "things" were converted to allow percussion caps once they were common-place.

 

[SCriswell]

Any idea on value?

 

[theweakerbrother]

Any idea on value?

A case of Keystone.

 

[6skylark9]

very unique. i like it!

 

[sepe]

A case of Keystone.

That made me choke on my Pepsi and so the going rate is about $12?