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Title: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Professor Marvel on January 08, 2017, 07:01:13 PM
a 25 shot Guycot Chain Pistol from france....

(https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/hmt-forum/guycot_chain_pistol.gif)

http://www.horstheld.com/0-Guycot.html (http://www.horstheld.com/0-Guycot.html)

yhs
prof marvel
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: nagantino on January 08, 2017, 10:33:50 PM
The French, I'm presuming the designer is French, have a long and lovely history of producing whacky firearms.
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Coal Creek Griff on January 08, 2017, 11:31:05 PM
Oh yeah,  I've got a pair of those. Maybe three, I don't know.  ;)

CC Griff
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Shawnee McGrutt on January 09, 2017, 01:49:51 PM
That is sort of cool
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Rye Miles on January 18, 2017, 07:35:36 PM
Pretty neat, wonder how well it worked??
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on January 19, 2017, 01:29:53 PM
What calibre? Velo dog or .22 Flobert?
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Professor Marvel on January 20, 2017, 12:09:43 AM
Greetings Sir C

It seems it used a proprietary cartridge:
"Guycot chain pistol chambered in 6.5mm cartridge similar to the Volcanic cartridge."

yhs
prof marvel
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on January 20, 2017, 10:46:25 AM
Perfessa; Hollow base, loaded bullet with a primer behind?
Title: Re: And Here's another one you don't see every day
Post by: Professor Marvel on January 20, 2017, 07:52:28 PM
Yes Indeed Sir C !

"Forgotten Weapons" elaborates:

"It is chambered for a unique 6.5mm caseless rocket ball type cartridge in which the base of the projectile is hollowed out and contains the propellant powder and a primer. Upon firing, the entirely of the projectile exits, leaving nothing to be extracted or ejected from the chamber. Unfortunately for the Guycot’s military aspirations, this cartridge was far too small and underpowered to attract and serious interest and only a few hundred at most were made. These were divided between several models, including a 25-shot pistol, a 40-shot pistol like this one, and an 80-shot carbine."

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/guycot-40-shot-chain-pistol-video/ (https://www.forgottenweapons.com/guycot-40-shot-chain-pistol-video/)

An 80 shot carbine!  with the oomph of a .22 BP short! Wowsers! How underwhelming!
I would not want to be the poor sod loading those things. Poor Gunga Din.

yhs
prof marvel