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  Volley gun - Definition, explanation
A volley gun is a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously.
Two notable artillery-sized volley guns were developed in the mid-19th century, although neither was particularly successful in practice.
One of the most distinctive was the "duck's-foot" volley gun, a pistol with four parallel.45 calibre barrels arranged in a splayed pattern, so that the firer could spray a sizeable area with a single shot.
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  Encyclopedia: Volley gun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A volley gun is a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously.
A gun is a mechanical device that fires projectiles at high velocity, using a propellant such as gun powder or compressed air.
Volley guns (such as the Mitrailleuse) and double barreled pistols relied on duplicating all parts of the gun.
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 Machine gun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Multi-shot guns have a long development stretching back to some of the earliest firearms, but a single device with a high-rate of fire beyond several shots saw its first known attempt in the 1700s, but it would not be till the mid-1800s that successful designs of this type came about.
The Gatling gun was closer to the machine gun template; patented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling, the design's key feature was machine loading of cartridges and a hand operated crank for sequential high-speed firing.
Heavy guns such as the Vickers machine gun were joined by many other machine weapons, which mostly had their start in the early 20th century.
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 Shobarys Spaghetti Westerns -Guns-
The gun had a massive recoil and known to have smashed men's shoulders.
The most famous Volley Gun is that invented by British Captain James Wilson of the Royal Marines, circa 1779, and made by famous gunsmith Henry Nock in a small series of 635 examples.
A real Volley Gun was used in Ace High by Bud Spencer, where the gun correctly fires all the barrels at once.
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 Weapons - Harper's Nock Volley Gun - The Sharpe Appreciation Society
Nock was contracted to manufacture the gun and 635 examples were sold to the Royal Navy.
The gun was intended for the fighting tops of warships to fire down on the deck of the enemy vessel as it closed alongside.
The SAS is very fortunate that the secretary owns the Nock gun used in the TV series - the armourers had two or three Nock guns on set, but only one of the guns actually fired, and that's the one owned by Chris Clarke.
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 Seven-Barrelled Volley Gun, 1780
The seven-barrelled volley gun was introduced into the navy some twenty years before the Battle of Trafalgar.
In 1780 the gunmaker Henry Nock was commissioned to construct two guns for the Royal Navy.
It was thought 'Such guns may be useful on board ships to fire from the round tops'.
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 Warhammer - The Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Helblaster Volley Gun has nine separate barrels, divided into three decks of three barrels fixed on a circular crank.
The disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is inclined to jam or misfire.
A Helblaster Volley Gun may be included in your Empire army as a Rare choice.
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 Bandguns.Com - Projectile Weapons for SCA Fencing
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Guns are grouped by geographic location, but this doen't mean you have to buy according to your persona.
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 Gun Identifications & Values
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 Guns & Ammo: Gun Identification & Values   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Guns covered: Colt Huntsman, Remington Model 788, S&W CHP Commemorative, Sears Model 53, Colt New Service, and the Bergmann Mars 9mm...
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 GW Online : Warhammer : Empire : Empire Miniatures Gallery - Helblaster Volley Gun
he Helblaster Volley Gun is one of the most infamous fl-powder weapons ever invented, its devastating firepower able to tear apart an entire regiment in one thunderous volley.
Its nine separate barrels are divided into three "decks" and are turned by means of a central crank, which means that it can unleash devastating hails of shot that engulf its unfortunate target in a firestorm of leaden death.
Helblaster Volley Guns are notoriously prone to sudden, cataclysmic explosions.
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 Empire Hellblaster Volley Gun
Great Cannons and powerful Mortars pound enemy formations into bloody smears on the tabletop as they try to maneuver for cover.
However, no piece of artillery in any army's arsenal approaches the mass destruction which can be wrought with the Helblaster Volley Gun!!!
With the capacity to do hideous amounts of damage to enemy units due to its unique and complicated mechanical firing mechanism, the Helblaster Volley Gun is a must-have artillery addition to any Empire army!
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 ZEITGESCHICHTE
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In a skil- full combination of social and military history /George Mark- ham adds a broad description of life on the Western Fron- tier as well as discussing the weapons and outlining many of the fallacies which surround them.
These favorite slide-action guns receive a thorougn presenta- tion which takes you to the factory to explore receivers - barrels - markings - stocks - stampings and engraving in complete detail.
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 Hellblaster Volley Gun
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The Hellblaster Volley Gun has nine separate barrels and this allows it to fire several shots at once in a devastating volley.
A full volley can rip trough the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.
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(F110) THE GUN FOUNDERS OF ENGLAND - WITH A LIST OF ENGLISH AND CONTINENTALGUN-FOUNDERS FROM THE XIV TO THE XIX CENTURY Charles Ffoulkes, Cambridge 1st edition 1936, large quarto, 134 pages plus 15 plates and 38 intextillustrations, G+ in faded cloth boards, £60.00
(NF6) DR. JOSEPHUS REQUA CIVIL WAR DENTIST, AND THE BILLINGHURST-REQUA VOLLEY GUN Hyson and Requa-Defrancisco, 36 pages in paper wraps with 33 photo ills., £4.25
(NF) THE BIG GUNS – CIVIL WAR SEIGE, SEACOAST AND NAVAL CANNON Olmstead, Stark and Tucker, 22cm x 29cm, 360 pages, photographs and line drawing with dimensions, in depth study of the artillery, with quantities, makers etc., £49.50
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