Perdition to Conspirators! Magnificent 14-Barrel Flintlock

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Colonel Thomas Thornton was a wealthy and somewhat flamboyant character in England in the late 18th and early 19th century. He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement, and which mutinied against his comment at Roborough Camp in 1795. Some years later, he commissioned this quite unique firearm from Dupe & Company of London.
The gun is a single stock with two flintlock actions, two triggers, and two clusters of seven .30 caliber rifled barrels each. Each trigger fires a complete barrel cluster simultaneously. In addition to the firepower of this very remarkable weapon, he also had it finished in a truly magnificent fashion, including the fantastic line "PERDITION TO CONSPIRATORS" on ons of the barrel clusters - clearly he harbored some resentment towards his unruly militia subordinates even years later.
In addition, he had a second stock made to fit just one lock plate and barrel cluster, for when 14 barrels might be a bit of overkill. That stock is even more decorated that the first, with beautiful wooden relief carvings and the motto "A Verite Gagner", meaning something to the effect of "Truth From Victory".
This gun is part of the Liege arms museum's display of civilian arms, and I'd like to thank them for taking it out of their display so I could show it to you! If you are in Liege, stop in and see the museum:
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[@DeathtoRaiden1]

This dude straight up dropped a legendary weapon when he died.

[@smithvr5007]

Who ever found it must have serious RNG

[@johncastillo2194]

Excellent comment

[@duo496]

Weapon: 14 Barrel Flintlock Rarity: Legendary Ammo: 70 (14 x 5) Musket Ball Damage: 100 (+50% modifier to Conspirators) Reload: 140 seconds Fire rate: 1 round every 5 seconds Price: Why would you ever sell this? "An antique. "With this alone, I'll Defend" is written on the top of the gun in gold damascene, an aura of magnificence radiates from the gun, you feel powerful just by looking at it"

[@tallynnyntyg6008]

@@duo496 And, if a BL gun, made by Jakobs.

[@slippingbugs]

The 14th horseman

[@ben501st]

High capacity✔️ Vertical Foregrip✔️ Multiple projectiles per trigger pull✔️ Rifling✔️ Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the first assault rifle.

[@scottski02]

But how many clips does this ghost gun fire per second?

[@abdulqadirbaban2730]

@@scottski02 150

[@jjtomecek1623]

It's also select fire since you can pick which set of barrels you want to shoot, too!

[@Al13n1nV8D3R]

Does this rifle require a bullet button?

[@isaiahcampbell488]

I hate and love how this is technically correct. I'm torn, thank you! *sarcastically and otherwise*

[@bon7029]

Guy: Did you get him? Gunman: My shoulder is dislocated and my elbow has been wrenched in directions that I did not even know existed, but I got him.

[@thefez-cat]

"Him and the three blighters next to him! Har har!"

[@birisuandrei1551]

Gunman: however i somehow shot my wife as well but she wasn't even near my target.

[@ericlamb4501]

Whoever or whatever you shoot this at would be turned to Swiss cheese. Or a red mist

[@KertaDrake]

Even if he survived, he would die of lead poisoning soon.

[@robber233]

dunno...but you can have whats left.

[@rageagainstthehygiene2357]

I just realised - the fact that he had a loading tool and an alternate stock made for it indicates that he actually meant to shoot it a bunch. This isn't a wall display.

[@Ulvetann]

I am pretty sure he had a dream of sometime in the future, get two revolving clusters with a magazine-contraption added. This guy would make Arnold Schwarzenegger go do gardening.

[@magmat0585]

Mutineer: "Does anyone else hear 'Pumped Up Kicks'?"

[@magmat0585]

@@davidrenton probably because there wasn't anyone left to mutiny

[@CoolRanchSociology]

I think the video says he used it for hunting.

[@DannoHung]

@@magmat0585 All the mutineers with the pumped up Hessians better flee better flee faster than my balls

[@boboayame2065]

'I am privy to thy thoughts sir, did I fire 13 times or 14 times, by my faith sir are you perchance feeling fortunate?'

[@cdrtej]

Ha!

[@jameskerlin6081]

" Answer, poltroon!"

[@isaiahcampbell488]

'Well...I implore thee ruffian.'

[@sarojolibois6088]

Does thou felst favored, knave?

[@myvids1415]

Is that from "Feculent Harold"?

[@AustinScottHoffman]

"Thomas, why do you need a 14 barrel rifle?" "I must deliver perdition unto the conspirators"

[@TimLee356]

why do you need 14 barrel? because i couldn't make it 16 barrel.

[@alexio1942]

one for each conspirator perhaps

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

For those who would question me.

[@jjdeepsea]

Maybe I need glasses but I counted 16 barrels.

[@Swindle1984]

@@jjdeepsea Two of those are for holding the ramrod. There's only one ramrod, but since you can dismount either barrel cluster and mount it onto the single stock, you're going to want to bring along the ramrod with it.

[@HaugeBauge]

What a flex. Imagine youre on that french hunting trip, and one of your mates is like "aww damn, i forgot me rifle", and then you just pull up like "hey, no worries. Take SEVEN OF MY FOURTEEN BARRELS"

[@1963felonee]

And people wonder where Americans get their gun culture

[@karm42yn]

Imagine the thrill of loading the 14th barrel over 13 already loaded barrels.

[@liamschallock5346]

"With this alone, I'll defend." The most badass thing I've ever read on any weapon

[@JL-cn1qi]

The other mount said ' The victor is always right' What is a bit more of douche thing to say on a 7 barrel gun.

[@bigsolidboss781]

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

[@Thy_Boss]

With this alone, I'll look like an idiot

@@Thy_Boss you don't need any props, whatsoever!👍

[@CountDoucheula]

The Greeks used to carve "DEXAI" into the shot for their shepherd slings. It means "CATCH". Ever the witticists, the ancient Greeks.

[@KKovacsUSN]

SopMod cheek weld, Vertical grip, high capacity, interchangeable parts, tactical sights. The more things change the more they stay the same.

[@Ulvetann]

I would start cosplay steampunk, just to show off this gun. To hell with breaking -various- most laws...

[@ChimpOnComputer]

@@Ulvetann What part in "shall not be infringed" do people not understand.

[@jameskazd9951]

by "high capacity" do you mean 2 shots as opposed to one? yeah it has 14 barrels but it fires 7 at once

[@justinayers3589]

ban high capacity assault blunderbusses now

[@Bourikii2992]

@@jameskazd9951 Fully semi automatic.

[@TheAschwittek]

"Remember, switching to your sidearm is faster than reloading"

[@claytonparfumorse3101]

could use it as an effective club in desperate times.

[@infernaldaedra]

RUN IT AGAIN

[@magmat0585]

How'd a muppet like you pass selection?

[@markreynolds1436]

Raising kids to fight with you would be close...

[@puppyfluffy31]

They should add 7 more barrels

[@TmanT321]

Every gun is a certain percentage "art" and a certain percentage "gun". this is about 90% art and about 10% gun, but boy is it a gun by itself.

[@flyboy_nathan4112]

I think this is closer to 1400% gun

[@michaelborough5932]

1400% gun 100% art

[@DannoHung]

@@michaelborough5932 What percentage concentrated power of will?

[@outforlunch1258]

What

[@vornamenachname989]

@@DannoHung All of them.

[@verdunian595]

Soldier: "these weapons are inaccurate and take too long to reload, how will you improve them? Gunsmith: "more weapon"

[@isaakwelch3451]

Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun.

[@AustinScottHoffman]

@@isaakwelch3451 You're not using enough gun!

[@JCGver]

Well, reloading time isn't an issues if you only have to fire once.

[@jmh1189]

more dakka

[@justsomeplantcells-]

@@isaakwelch3451 guitar play*

[@DuncanMcBride]

A double knock volley gun? *knock knock* "Who's there?" No one anymore, they were turned to fine pink mist

[@isaiahcampbell488]

"You should see the other guy."

[@rodofiron100]

You win the comments

[@HimMan.]

This reminds me of a line from the sniper from tf2 *”EVERYTHING ABOVE YOUR HEAD IS GONNA TURN INTO A FINE RED MIST”*

[@TurtleStranger]

Perfect backdrop for a nice cup of morning tea

[@levihamm6640]

@@isaiahcampbell488 we can't

[@jackothelantern]

Guy just discovered a legendary dwarven masterwork.

[@icarusDaBoi]

All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.

[@MountainMemelord]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@jackothelantern]

@@MountainMemelord TO THE BONE!!

[@anssitepsa3653]

This is what I bring for the duel against the guy with a 13-barrel flintlock.

[@tmasterful1]

This looks like one of those overpowered absurd guns you unlock after beating the campaign in a video game.

[@ianfinrir8724]

In the game Gun, you could find a Nock Volley Gun towards the end of the game.

[@CopeGaming129]

The Albert Model

[@3van1993]

​@Darth Paul You beat me to it. I was gonna say it would be great for RE4 Mercenaries

[@jarrakul]

This gun looks like something a D&D player would try to get past their DM.

[@jameshill9325]

And why shouldn't my gnome gun slinger with the dual wielder feat not duel wield two of these

[@soleConn12]

Tell me about it

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

Good luck even GETTING a gun in most D&D games. "Guns don't belong in fantasy!" Yup, no guns in any Grimm bros. fairy tales. No guns in Warhammer Fantasy. The Steampunk genre doesn't exist. There aren't several D&D settings that are actually RENAISSANCE, not medieval. I'm not sarcastic or upset about this at all.

[@FriskyD.]

@@NieroshaiTheSable have you tried finding a renaissance module online? I'm sure plenty of people are tired of medieval fantasy

[@Roxfox]

@@NieroshaiTheSable To be fair, steampunk is strictly speaking based on Victorian era technology. Trains, engines, electricity. Not exactly what most people think of when they hear "fantasy". When someone says D&D, they're probably thinking Forgotten Realms. When someone says fantasy, they're probably thinking Middle Earth. Medieval style settings that don't need technology because they have magic instead. Any setting can be turned into a fantasy setting by adding fantastical elements, so it's important to specify what kind of setting it's actually supposed to be beyond just "fantasy". Otherwise people will default into imagining one without any trace of remotely modern technology, because that's the most common.

[@nervaaugustus7089]

"Perdition to Conspirators" is surprisingly metal despite the archaic phrasing, especially when it adorns one of two seven-barrelled rifled volleygun assemblies on a beautiful monstrosity of a firearm.

[@ianfinrir8724]

"Death To Traitors" would be a more modern version.

[@ebikecnx7239]

Actually, Thornton was the traitor. He was removed from command by other officers and court-maritaled out.

[@dinonuggiesguy4847]

"I've lost my shoulders but it was worth it to perdition the conspirators"

[@JiveDadson]

Owned by Thomas "One Shoulder" Thornton.

[@Ulvetann]

This gun open up for more witty and snarky comments than any other gun I have seen. I think. ^_^

[@ChaosPootato]

I think the French engraving might be "La vérité gagnera" with the last "a" being faded which would translate to "Truth will win"

[@MenwithHill]

Or in a more elegant phrasing : "The truth will prevail"

[@rxh-kq6lh]

Can confirm there is a "LA" before "VÉRITÉ", and an "A" at the end of "GAGNER", very shallow and not quite visible at first sight, making it "GAGNERA" which is the 3rd person singular future tense of the verb "gagner", "to win". So it literally means "the truth will win".

[@sh4dowchas3r]

apparently based on some biography info his motto was "The Triumph of Truth".

[@chitoryu12]

Which is probably ANOTHER dig at his old militia unit. Dude clearly had some pent-up aggression.

[@Joggelschorsch]

Almost ironic that the inscription is fading away

[@johnny4eel]

Can we all take a moment and admire the necessity for the "oh my god, this thing has a kick" handle on the forestock 😬

[@Ulvetann]

I am starting to question the man handling that gun. I see it has been shot, and there is no damage to the gun, ergo it wasn't dropped. That guy must have been something of the size of a big black bear.

[@ulrichkalber9039]

@@Ulvetann i would suspect you would use the vertical handle to hook on some wall, so most recoil will be taken by the wall EDIT: also i suspect that the powder would need some time to burn from barrel to barrel, so the recoil would be stretched in time a bit

[@pootisgaming5078]

This gun feels like the physical manifestation of the phrase "violence is not the answer, is the language you use to answer the question, which often results in an yes"

[@SirDankington]

I see ”more dakka” is an older concept than i thought

[@1Maklak]

Volley guns were usually artillery pieces, though. For example the French had one with replaceable 25 round magazines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse

[@le_floofy_sniper_ducko]

wouldnt more dakka also apply by going from 1 Archer to a group of archers?

[@kubikkuratko188]

@@le_floofy_sniper_ducko yes

[@kubikkuratko188]

Its also british gun as warhammer coicidence? I think not!

[@Calv-tb1bx]

Dakka is weed in south Africa

[@markreeter6227]

"Say hello to my little friend and his 13 brothers."

[@alexanderfire9997]

No I'll say hi to your little friend and his 13 brothers

[@mr.ballstone1914]

@@alexanderfire9997 no I'll say hi to his little friend and his 13 brothers

[@Dovah22]

Can you imagine the smokescreen that thing would create if they all were fired.

[@evilproductionstudios9659]

Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello.

[@Kwispygod]

Incest

[@connormac4401]

"Perdition to Conspirator" is a cool name for a legendary weapon in a video game; "with this alone, I'll defend" is a cool flavor text

[@Reishadowen]

Stuff like this is what convinces me that the founding fathers totally would have had personal miniguns and full-auto thousand round assault rifles if the tech had been around. It was never question of "how much firepower is too much firepower?", but "how much firepower can I afford?"

[@RobsRobotChannel]

What kind of "revelation" is that? OF COURSE you're going to use the most powerful weapon you can... History was never affected by this...

[@ianfinrir8724]

Lewis and Clark took a Girardoni air rifle with them. This was an air gun used by the Austrian army (I think specifically the calvary) between 1780 to about 1820. The Girardoni looked like a normal flintlock rifle but could fire 16 to 20 before reloading. The problem was/is that you're never going to get the same amount of power with air that you can with gunpowder.

[@SchmittPlaythroughFR]

@@RobsRobotChannel Yeah, history was never affected by a bunch of radicals getting high-grade military weapons; Nope, never...

[@bravo_cj]

@@RobsRobotChannel He wants to say that the left barking "ah, now guns are too dangerous, if the founding fathers could see this they would not pass the 2A" is total nonsense bullsh!t

[@jcksnghst]

Exactly.

[@archimaede]

The motto on the second stock says "La vérité gagnera", which translates to "Truth will triumph".

[@AxelJRose-oi8bd]

You're right. I looked closely to see whether it was simple La vérite gagne (Truth triumphs), but the R made me wonder. Afterwards, yes, you notice the final A seems to have worn away. Fitting motto for a man with such a grudge.

[@jimintaos]

As ever, it is always the truth of the victor that triumphs. The dead have no say-unless his mates will speak for him.

[@Pinkie007]

Well technically word for word it means “The truth will win” but good job on making it sound edgy

[@Jeremycook_]

And if truth needs help you got 14 barrels😁

[@davidzanelli6847]

aCkChUaLlY

Just imagine the grudge to actually go, get up and commision a double trigger voley gun with an actual engraving that says: "Perdition to conspirators".

[@Leisurelee53]

The real question is, if you could fashion your wounded pride into a custom firearm... Wouldn't you?

[@TheNefastor]

@@Leisurelee53 Mine would have "karma is a bitch" engraved on it... :-D

[@alexsis1778]

In gold damascene no less. Just the act of writing that massively increased the cost of the gun. A plain engraving would have been fairly cheap in comparison.

[@LuganWanian]

Mike - vengeance: a dish best served cold with a price beyond the ability to pay with conventional means.

[@DjDolHaus86]

He was the original edgelord

[@angusmatheson8906]

Yeah. I'm gunna need you to go ahead and take this to the range. I REALLY want to see this working.

[@pauldavis5665]

"Do you want 15 barrels on the gun?" "Are you crazy? That is overkill.... make it 14 barrels"

[@steampunksamp80]

“hey uhh What is this used for Thomas” “uhh self defense” “But it says perdition to conspirators” *doom music starts playing*”to protect against mutiny”

[@74KU]

Well I was directed here from the Doom Eternal soundtrack..

[@mruler360]

Ye olde BFG1 >BFG Division intensifies

[@mchagnon7]

This reminds me of the time I was cleaning out a homeless encampment and found a machete with "fuck you" written on the handle.

[@narenthebeesechurgerman422]

Marcel Chagnon holy crap dude

[@1978garfield]

@@mchagnon7 Please tell me you kept that. My brother ate at a Denny's where the bus boy had a tat that read "Fuck You All to Hell" Not quite the same thing.

[@chrisclark9209]

Ash: "THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!" Thomas: "Hold my ale tankard"

[@kilppa]

"Now THAT is MODULAR!" Pentagon starts calling from all lines.

[@EricMadWolf]

This rifle is absolutely amazing! I'm a fan of crazy overkill guns like this.

[@bob13373]

"WITH THIS ALONE, I'll DEFEND". I want that on my gun

[@gcart7675]

have someone engrave it then or do it yourself it wouldnt be hard

[@theothertonydutch]

Yeah, but put it on a derringer.

[@gcart7675]

Ja Kooistra put it on whatever you want cause this is america

[@gcart7675]

RealArtUplifts who cares if it says defend or not i know the people enforce what they call "laws" dont

[@Astraeus..]

I'd like to imagine the "spare" was actually the first design, and when he saw it he said "You're on the right track, but what about if I needed to shoot 14 people in a hurry?"

[@jeremymcadam7400]

You'd be shooting 2 people 7 times each

[@purplestar322]

@@jeremymcadam7400 or 1 person 14 times

[@CasabaHowitzer]

@@jeremymcadam7400 not if the 14 conspirators are all tiny and stand very close to each other.

[@jamestweedie6066]

Roborough is a place just north of the current city limit of Plymouth in Devon, as you go up the A386 onto Dartmoor. It's very close to Buckland Abbey, where Sir Francis Drake lived.

[@YingYing-9000]

The quality of that gun is exceptional. The second stock is so beautiful. This is a weapon that needs to be modeled into a game or something. What a fantastic piece.

[@Qureas]

The imagination and ingenuity of some gunsmiths is just astonishing. If i had seen this in a movie, game or read about it in a novel I would dismiss it as pure fiction. Once again my perception of reality is tested.

[@gcart7675]

yeah i thought the same when i saw the video about the flintlock machinegun if the politicians knew about that id say theyd just give up tryng to make stuff illegal or if not theyd want to try banning it too but you know i forgot they wabt every type of weapon banned which is literally anything cause anything can be weaponized if used in a certain way i mean just look at an atom bomb it takes the tiniest thing and causes the most destruction of any weapon we have today

[@AdrianMulligan]

It's an absolute masterpiece...the details, I just want to hold it!

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

There's some weird ass guns back then... Then again most of our guns wold be weird if the people from the past would see them. So I guess it's just a factor of perspective.

[@FordPrefect23]

Instead of loading Sunday and shooting all week, you shoot on Sunday and reload all week.

[@killerkraut9179]

it have a helping device

[@jonathangriffiths2499]

Shoot on Sunday and spend the next 6 months in ye olde traction

[@QUACKHEAD23GAMING]

hahahhaah fuck it took me a secound to relize but that was a good one

[@QUACKHEAD23GAMING]

nah nah nah just imangin a ship having 20 of these cus if your in the heat of battle and you only techicnaly get 2 shots of 14 rounds you would honslty wanna chuck this to the side and grab your pistols or go hand to hand

[@BeefaloBart]

Only good comment in all of the replies thus far.

[@Dawnlit]

You can even tell how the barrels were forge welded. This thing is awesome.

[@whalebone1206]

What a beautiful, beautiful gun. An amazing amount of craftsmanship, alongside an amazing amount of engineering. Absolutely gorgeous.

[@pg396]

“This is my Rifle, there are not many like it but this one is mine.”

[@AnimeSunglasses]

This is my rifle. As is this. And these 12 are mine too.

[@tamasperci4168]

"All the rifles are mine."

[@AnimeSunglasses]

@@tamasperci4168 Mine! My PRECIOUS!

[@HartyBiker]

@@AnimeSunglasses all your rifle are belong to me

[@johnny4eel]

@@HartyBiker Also..."all your powder are belong to me"

[@JazzJackrabbit]

"I say, old chap, I do think we shalt requireth more... dakka."

[@4.0.4]

It's interesting how, today, you'll never see something with this much workmanship and personality with a company logo; a concept that possibly itself changed.

[@RiskOfBaer]

Consequence of endlessly chasing profits over absolutely everything else. No more room for passion, no more room for doing things proper, no more room for creative ventures for the sake of creativity alone.

[@waleeed007]

The definition of spray and pray

[@TheHacknor]

Sharpe knows what he's getting Harper for Christmas

[@EoineyMTX125]

*Irish Intensifies*

[@jtilton5]

Dang, I made almost the exact same comment before I realized you beat me to it.

[@seanchan7167]

That's soldering

[@MrPhil94]

A Sharpe comment. Now that is ripe, don't you find it ripe?

[@paulmanson253]

And Harper's first comment on seeing it. "God save Ireland!".

[@8eewee]

*Soldiers revolt* "I'm gonna need more barrels for this heresy."

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Did someone say _heresy_ ?

[@b1-battledroid669]

_bolters, brothers_

[@gabrielc7861]

​@b1-battledroid669 which is better? This or a bolt pistol?

[@b1-battledroid669]

@@gabrielc7861 Bolt Pistol, because it’s been blessed by the Emperor

[@FluxDeimos]

A well crafted piece that truly understood that we needed more dakka

[@likydsplit8483]

In a related story, the US Army has recently expressed an interest in this highly modular, multi shot, interchangeable stock weapon with a vertical fore grip.

[@jeramyw]

*Some one breaks into that guy's house. * "Come towards me brother. Say thy greetings to my miniature companion. I shall demonstrate my fire superiority."

[@Locahaskatexu]

in the words of Jörg Sprave: "Let me show thee its features! Ha ha ha ha"

[@jeramyw]

@@Locahaskatexu *With each "ha" corresponding with his automatic crossbow rate of fire. *

[@SherryPM72]

@@Locahaskatexu LOL, I read that in My head in his voice.

[@christopherdean1326]

That's funny, but you got a little mixed up. "Thee" would be "you", and "thy" would be "your".

[@jeramyw]

@@christopherdean1326 Damn.

[@svfin]

Gotta love that tacticool flintlock frontgrip

[@USGiorgi]

Banned in CA for having assault rifle features.

[@EldarKinSlayer]

@@USGiorgi Frak a magazine ban it's all those barrels that will kill you!

[@tfcooks]

The improved version had a candle in it for illumination.

[@jackgrimaldi8685]

@@tfcooks 😂 LOL. You think Thornton did CQB drills in his chateau at night?

[@dannylamb456]

@@tfcooks "Ye Olde Tactical Lamp"

[@pxjydz303]

Ian, your videos are a bright spot in my day. Thank you so much for all that you do!

[@arceusmaster91]

14 damascus barrels...my heart can't take so much beauty.

[@ZGryphon]

There's something oddly beautiful in the fact that a gun that is actually two guns was made by Dupe & Company.

[@matthewmeuleman3369]

Wasn't Duped in purchasing from Dupe.

[@darthvaper7157]

Is that where the phrase came from? Except you hold it in the air and yell, I've been Duped! and everyone cheers or says Ooohhh $h1t depending which side you're on.

[@matthewmeuleman3369]

@@darthvaper7157 possibly, I know the term buggery comes from slandering the Boggomills religion in the middle ages

[@TomasPabon]

@@matthewmeuleman3369 that is...objectively wrong on so many levels. No one ever gave a shit about the Boggomils to give them a slur in the english language, mainly because they never LIVED anywhere near an english speaking nation. The term buggery comes from a despective term for Bulgarian people.

[@M4x.1520]

“Buying duped guns 4 keys”

[@randomprojectsusa5196]

Puckle: *makes “machine gun”* This guy: “hold my tea”

[@cleanerben9636]

14 barrel puckle gun, for when the pigeons really start to annoy you.

[@brucebaxter6923]

Tremors 4. Punt gun.

[@MrAPCProductions]

30 cal round balls are #1 buckshot. Assuming formed or cast projectiles it would be on par with a 7 pellet #1 buck load in a 20 gauge. Except since every barrel has rifling it may have better range? Ian, Any input on projectile weight or accuracy?

[@mikebender717]

I wonder how much it would weight if he incorporated Chambers technology into this ? Wow 14 barrels 7 discharges per barrel . My shoulder aches just thinking about it

[@AustinScottHoffman]

@Paul Alexander Hence, "long range shotgun"

[@Blasko86]

That loading tool is brilliant.

[@jamiew.2718]

This reminds me of a multiple barrel flint lock pistol my grandfather had on his wall

[@mainepants]

"Sir, do you want a rifle or a shotgun?" "Yes"

[@chasearrington7811]

Behold, the Blundergat.

[@BullittGT40]

I wonder how many Victorian Gentlemen fell for the "I bet you are far to dandy to fire all 14 barrels at once" comment.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

God, I love older firearms design. It really was an art back then.

[@johnnieangel99]

Just now that weapon just appeared in my FB feed. I'm glad you were able to give me more information on it. Thanks

[@Beowulf25]

Ahh, that's why there were sights on the barrels. They're for when it's been separated.

[@Vespuchian]

I assumed it was a visual indicator of spread so you could bracket a target (like a flock of ducks) before firing, but then I remembered the barrels were rifled and probably had a very tight grouping.

[@joshuaevans4301]

I wonder if it's possible to hot swap the barrels in the separated configuration...

[@briankelly8297]

There is a period action movie waiting to be made with that gun.

[@senorali]

The movie is 3 hours. The gun is fired twice during that time.

[@gregerylundquist1127]

don't let Kurt Russel Touch it

[@Ulvetann]

@@gregerylundquist1127 Nah. He is more into smashing guitars. ^_^ Even he wouldn't dare smash this one.

[@lc1138]

This gun makes an appearance in François Bourgeon's "Les passagers du vent" (passengers of the wind), a comic strip which takes place in the 18th century. The fifth album follows the path of slave traders from Africa to the Carribean, and the officers of the ship have got this weapon in their personal armory.

[@lc1138]

(Spoiler : this rifle is later stolen by a slave woman, who leads a mutiny with it.)

[@raycooke312]

Awesome workmanship

[@BigBravesFan1331]

Machine gun: I can fire the most bullets, the fastest. 14 barrel flintlock: Peace was never a option. Minigun: Amateurs. The last part was inspired by: tohtori vanukas.

[@vanukas8783]

Minigun: amateurs

[@bthsr7113]

Metal Storm: Move over geezers. When my check clears I'm going to own all of you. Any day now.

[@blob643]

@@bthsr7113 "I can see that you are only interested in the exceptionally rare"

[@sirmahnstorkak3208]

@@vanukas8783 *14 barrel flintlock* "When I was your age...We didn't have them fancy shmancy whirly fairy barrels"

[@NinjaMan47]

Reloading is never an option either! If it isn't dead after 14 shots you're gonna die.

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

I'd love to see the patterning of those barrel clusters at different ranges, it's probably a lot more effective than one would think. If the barrels were aligned right that thing would lay down one hell of a deadly shot pattern (it's essentially a shotgun with the accuracy of a rifle lol) out to surprising ranges I would imagine. Would also be cool to see slow motion footage of a shot into ballistic gel, close enough where the shot pattern matches the barrels. The shockwave interference would be awesome to see...

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

The would buy modern breehloading version of this gun, especially if came with speed loaders.

[@acidwizzardbastard]

Volley guns were indeed produced at some point as a sort of "single shot shotgun" - dedicated to hunting. Six or seven small-caliber barrels loaded from the breech with something not unlike full-moon clips, and used as you would a shotgun... with the fact that it'll likely have far less spread due to the individual rifled barrels.

[@ElindorBG]

the details on this gun are spectacular

[@AnoNymous-mp6vl]

Thanks for showing us this beautiful weapon.

[@robnunya572]

A foregrip in 1800. Tacticool before it was cool... Fantastic stuff Ian, thank you!

[@ipellaers]

Pretty sure it was actually necessary to even hold the gun

[@daskriegsman7013]

"I'm about to end this man's shoulder"

[@Infernoblade1010]

*Shoots* Clears everything in sight 10 mins later: "OK, ready to fire again"

[@kurtdowney1489]

Beautiful craftsmanship

[@bilelhachimi5863]

"Bobby give me double barrel " "Don t move, i have better"

[@mujdatozc]

😄😄😄

[@evanabbott2737]

That vertical front grip surprised me, I didn’t know they made grips like that back in the early 1800’s!🤔👍

[@OriginalEric]

banned in California

[@InexorWoW]

You'd think the founding fathers would have banned this assault weapon if they weren't child killers.

[@zachdurocher1166]

@@InexorWoW wait what

[@painmt651]

Such a beautiful piece!

[@ScooterFXRS]

Beautiful piece of craftsmanship.

[@gravemindpenis]

I love how there’s just a foregrip slapped onto it

[@TheNefastor]

CQB assault flintlock.

[@dynasty33677]

Ergonomics +10

[@Casey093]

"Give up, scoundrel, 14 barrels are aimed at you!" "But you are alone!" "What?" "What??"

[@teorias9111]

it is impossible to miss the target with a weapon like this!

[@supersonicbros23]

Whatever you shoot with this automatically becomes a home for bees.

[@quadg5296]

This is what happens when you have servants to load and clean your weapons. "Jethro is it ready yet?" "Almost mlord, almost...." "The conspirators are getting away!"

[@neuvocastezero1838]

It's probably one of the servants who invented the double barrel blunderbuss.

[@Al13n1nV8D3R]

Or "Bartholomew is my iron slinger ready yet?" "No your majesty, not yet" "Their almost into the kings chambers"

[@nicknumber1512]

"I say, lads," the mutineer shouted to his thirteen bloodied and perforated comrades, "we've been Duped!"

[@tollefreyerson6710]

Absolutely crazy cool piece!

[@fredford7642]

Ian, you nailed it again, with an exceptional firearm. Mildly bulky yes, but great workmanship. It is very fortunate, that the gun community has such a person as you, to educate us on the many varied pieces that man has made. Thank you for your time and knowledge.

[@junichiroyamashita]

Ah yes,under the Pieper volley rifle someone asked:" why don't we make a double barrel version of it"? Now i see he wasn't the first one to think about it. Now i wonder if it can be made in 20 gauge.

[@22KaTsh]

🤐 On your shoulder be it 💥😫

[@AsbestosMuffins]

I think the point of these guns is to fire a lot of small caliber bullets in approximately a circle, whereas anything bigger would run the risk of rupturing or being too heavy to handle

[@jeffreyroot6300]

This is in squirrel rifle caliber. A modern equivalent would actually be .22lr. 20 ga would be unmanageable.

[@coyote9594]

@@jeffreyroot6300 he said it was roughly .30 cal. You must have some monster rodents if that's your squirrel gun lol

[@kilianortmann9979]

There is no kill like overkill.

[@Ararianman]

That is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. I can absolutely understand why they probably wouldn't let Ian take it apart and do the barrel swap for us. Still, I'd have loved to see it. Truly gorgeous metal and woodwork Thanks for sharing this with us, Gun Jesus.

[@petesheppard1709]

I'd like to see it fired!

[@alexsis1778]

@@petesheppard1709 Far too pretty to fire something like this. There are plenty of more generic nock volley guns

[@tapiolaakkonen5350]

Great video as always!

[@Chris-hd3yc]

Incredible, thank you Ian!

[@tangero3462]

"I've got 14 barrels, seven for each of ya" I think that's how that scene went

[@SirGentTex]

Thank you!

[@nathanblades3395]

😂🤣😂

[@solomonkane6442]

My favourite western good ole doc holiday

[@Seekles]

Soooooooo you found an english-speaking guy, apparently quite the francophile, and also interested in bizarre firearms. Did you just find 18th-century Ian?

[@c.a.mcdivitt9722]

Nah, that was just his previous life.

[@TorquilBletchleySmythe]

Dullards, Gun Jesus is as immortal as Keanu! He just changes his name and location...

[@NorskaFjordskaOfficial]

They really said “let’s take two nock valley guns and fest them together and call it a flintlock”

[@erroscovubasto2272]

How to go to mars: Step 1: get gun Step 2: Modify gun to shoot all barrels at once Step 3: Aim straight down and fire

[@eggysnekko]

Step 2: make it shoot 50 BMG from each barrel

[@LeonardoTheMage]

You don't need to modify it to shoot all the barrels at once. Each trigger fires an entire barrel cluster, so if you put your index finger on the forward trigger and your middle finger on the rear trigger and pulled both at once, Bob's your uncle. The question is, would you ever be able to lift the arm of that shoulder above your head again after they finish all the reconstructive surgery you'll need after firing the gun like that?

[@Ulvetann]

Correction, your arm and gun would go to mars, what is left of You, would wobble around looking for your shoes,

[@jerdasaurusrex557]

Imagine looking at the Nock gun and thinking, "Nah, not big enough."

[@George_Doc]

14-Barrel Flintlock. When Terminator was teleported in Liege , 1795.

[@VoodooMcVee]

Image 'Whisky in the Jar' with the lines "For about six or maybe seven in walked Captain Farrell I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with 28 barrels, yeah"...