Morris and Brown Conical Repeater,Peashooter has seen some weird guns, this is probably on his top t

Morris and Brown Conical Repeater,Peashooter has seen some weird guns, this is probably on his top ten list.  The Conical repeater is a  rifle chambered for a .38 rimfire cartridge.  It was loaded much like a top break revolver, had a six shot cylinder, and was cocked using the rear trigger.  The weirdness comes in is its large conical shaped breech which surrounded the cylinder, which was done to prevent gases from escaping from the cylinder.  The conical breech acted like a funnel, directing fired bullets toward the barrel where it would be directed out the barrel and muzzle. The cylinder was fixed and did not revolve, instead a firing pin indexed to the next chamber when cocked.  While an interesting design, it was also very flawed in that the funnel would wear out quickly after use.  Only two examples were produced, both of them had damage to the breech that had to be repaired. Currently the two surviving examples can be found at the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming and the Virginia Military Institute. -- source link

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