Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle

[Prince Charon]

Yes, it's real (and has a cool locking mechanism), there's a video on it from Forgotten Weapons. Please try not to laugh to hard at the designer's and manufacturer's names (Szecsei & Fuchs), they probably aren't pronounced the way many English-speakers would think.

Obviously, the damage statistics would vary by caliber, but the rest would mostly be similar (save for the miniature versions, that use .117 and .22).

Also, one of the YouTube commenters suggested that the bolt, once removed, is substantial enough to use as a melee weapon, and I think they may be right.

[copeab]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

Yes, it's real (and has a cool locking mechanism), there's a video on it from Forgotten Weapons. Please try not to laugh to hard at the designer's and manufacturer's names (Szecsei & Fuchs), they probably aren't pronounced the way many English-speakers would think.

Obviously, the damage statistics would vary by caliber, but the rest would mostly be similar (save for the miniature versions, that use .117 and .22).

The weight is probably the biggest drawback, aside from the fact that it's a specially, high-end rifle (eg, stupid expensive).

As a sidenote, I think a very similar weapon could appear in a Steampunk campaign, although it would almost certainly use a fixed magazine.

[acrosome]

Cooooool.

I always love weird weapons...

[copeab]

Originally Posted by acrosome

Cooooool.

I always love weird weapons...

About a year and a half ago, he covered a custom pre-WWI gun that was an 8mm Mauser modified with a pivoting 16g shotgun barrel under the rifle barrel. Weight was ~10 lbs (~4.5 kg).

[acrosome]

I kind of liked the AN-94 as well. Is uses a cable and a pulley for chrissakes.

At the other end of the spectrum, want to know what I love as an example of elegant functional simplicity? The PPS-43.

[The Colonel]

Originally Posted by copeab

About a year and a half ago, he covered a custom pre-WWI gun that was an 8mm Mauser modified with a pivoting 16g shotgun barrel under the rifle barrel. Weight was ~10 lbs (~4.5 kg).

That //sounds// like a fairly normal combination gun ... or am I missing something?

[copeab]

Originally Posted by The Colonel

That //sounds// like a fairly normal combination gun ... or am I missing something?

Unlike normal combination guns, the rifle is not a single-shot breech-loader. It's a bit like the concept of the M16 with an underbarrel 12g, but for hunting.


https://www.forgottenweapons.com/a-u...mbination-gun/

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

Obviously, the damage statistics would vary by caliber, but the rest would mostly be similar (save for the miniature versions, that use .117 and .22).

I can't figure out why you would want one in such a light caliber, when you could just make an automatic that is as fast as any arbitrary number of barrels up to the magazine capacity.

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by RyanW

I can't figure out why you would want one in such a light caliber, when you could just make an automatic that is as fast as any arbitrary number of barrels up to the magazine capacity.

My guess is that they wanted it for fun, not for practicality. Why do you buy a yo-yo, or a toy car?

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

My guess is that they wanted it for fun, not for practicality. Why do you buy a yo-yo, or a toy car?

What are you taking about? Yo-yos are entirely practical hunting weapons.




OK, maybe not, but the story they once were appears to date back to about the time commercial manufacture started in the US.