Who likes OLD pistols?

[MacFromOK]

48-SHOOTER

The Enouy percussion revolver was a unique revolver designed by Joseph Enouy of Middlesex, England.

It was a "transitional" percussion revolver with a large, rotating wheel attached to the underside of the gun. The wheel has eight spokes, each with a 6-chambered cylinder attached. The wheel rotates from a central pivot running from a bracket attached to the underside of the barrel and the butt.

The design was patented by Joseph Enouy on June 14th, 1855, but there are no records of it ever being produced and sold commercially, and is most likely a one-of-a-kind piece.

 

[TerryMiller]

^^^^Bet that dude was heavy. And, where would one "store" it until needed?

 

[MacFromOK]

^^^^Bet that dude was heavy. And, where would one "store" it until needed?

Indeed. And how would one hold it after being fired 40 times or so without a cool-down.

Make ya wonder what that guy was thinkin'..

 

[SdoubleA]

My love affair with old pistols began over 60 years ago. My Granddad's Colt's Model 1873 SAA. (And yes, they were called pistols and they were the real Single Action Army since the design and shells were for the U.S. Cavalry.) They were the predecessor of the civilian Colt's Single Action model most people are familiar with.

His Colt began years of research and collecting on my part. His old .45 was commissioned in 1874 and decommissioned in 1912. It has remained in my family ever since. They sure as heck are not made that way any longer.

The attached pic is just for sight recognition.