"An American repeated weapon 1791-1821? " Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Mar 2017 3:54 p.m. PST |
"In May 1792, Joseph Gaston Chambers almost revolutionized world history when he approached the U.S. War Department with a musket that could, he claimed, fire 20 rounds in a minute.[1] Although Chambers failed to gain patronage from interested parties in the early 1790s, his weapons (repeating muskets, pistols, and seven-barreled swivel guns) were adopted by the U.S. Navy and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the War of 1812, and were much sought after by European powers. By the early 1820s, however, the complexity, and inherent danger of the firing mechanism led to their wholesale abandonment. Chambers' repeating guns stood at the nexus of diplomacy and technological advancement in the Age of Revolutions. Yet, the promise of rapid-fire arms was not taken for granted, nor did those who encountered it ascribe a quasi-mythical "American" quality to the nascent technology — often the case in today's political culture…" link
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| Tango01 | 24 Mar 2017 11:00 a.m. PST |
Can you imagine this in a battlefield of those days? (smile9
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