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RANDOM QUESTIONS.......

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:53 am

......for those of an inquisitive nature :bigsmile:

MAKE, MODEL AND CALIBRE PLEASE.
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Anyone know what emergency it was purchased for?
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Post by deadin » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:11 pm

Tranter M1868 .450 Purchased for theZulu War.
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Post by Aughnanure » Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:20 pm

Beat me to it. :D
I used to own on in .450
Very modern pistol with an in frame spring loaded firing pin.
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Post by deadin » Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:32 am

My Turn!!!
Designer
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Chambering
Date.

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Re: RANDOM QUESTIONS.......

Post by deadin » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:16 pm

Well, It's been a week and no takers.... Stumped or not interested??

Anyway, it is a Fokker-Leimberger Split-breech (nutcracker) in 8x57 IS from circ. 1916
The one pictured must have been a developmental or prototype model as the final model had 12 barrels....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker-Leimberger
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Re: RANDOM QUESTIONS.......

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:54 pm

Just couldn't find it, certainly NOT uninterested.......
Unfortunately the wikipedia link doesn't have an image. I did try and make sure that any question I posted had at least 2 images on the net.
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Post by Niner » Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:18 pm

I looked for something like it online and couldn't find anything. Maybe if I had thought...."Nutcracker" of a question.
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Post by deadin » Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:10 pm

Here's several of the finished product:
http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/Fokker-Leimberger_minigun
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fokker- ... 73&bih=517
http://survincity.com/2011/07/the-proto ... t-machine/

The picture in my post was taken by me at some museum. I think it was the Kentucky State Military Museum in Frankfort KY.

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