peashooter85:Load on Sunday, and fire it all damn month!—- The Guycot RifleMade in France during the
peashooter85:Load on Sunday, and fire it all damn month!—- The Guycot RifleMade in France during the 1870’s, the Guycot Rifle’s main feature was that it was a double action repeating rifle which held 80 rounds. Hidden inside the stock and looping into the receiver was a chain, kind of like a belt or bicycle chain, which held the cartridges. The trigger worked in a double action fashion. When the trigger was pulled the chain was rotated until a fresh round was loaded into the chamber and fired. The rifle could be fired as fast as the trigger could be pulled.Unfortunately the Guycot was complex for its time, hard to produce, and as a result very expensive. In addition, cartridges for the Guycott Chain rifle, similar to the rocket ball used in volcanic firearms, were underpowered and had poor range. Few were produced and sold. -- source link
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