What are you currently reading ?

[Steve J]

Sounds ideal for generating scenarios.

[Techno II]

In the book 'Wot I are listening to' there's mention of a flintlock (?) pistol that had a revolving chamber that could hold 7 balls plus the powder and wadding...so it could be fired seven times in 'quick' succession without reloading.

Did anything like this really exist around the time of James II reign ?

Cheers -Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

It's not beyond the technology and Colts first revolver used cap and ball, but I don't think it did Phil. If nothing else there would be considerable risk of flashover between the chambers.

[Raider4]

Sheer fantasy, as far as I'm aware.

[Westmarcher]

Probably fictitious grounded in fact. See approximately after the first minute of this video:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhjKx0EAUk&t=116s

[pierre the shy]

Looks like it was tried in the beginning of the C19, but was not particularly successful, at least commercally speaking.....

[Techno II]

Thanks, chums.

A lot of the fictional story, seems to be more than roughly based on historical  'fact'...But the 17thC flintlock, seven shot revolver sounded somewhat 'iffy'...even to me.

Cheers - Phil. 

[fsn]

They even had machine guns.

[Gwydion]

First working (?) attempt by (probably) John Dafte - not a name to fill the user with confidence - in 1668.

https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-1534.html

or a nice video showing a 1680 version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFaIEXsXHAk

So - yes entirely possible but you fire it not me!

[Westmarcher]

Good find(s), Gwydion (although they look like the same weapon to me). Additionally confirms the plausibility of such a weapon for Phil's book (now all we need is a seven shot version to be discovered - but makes you wonder why the author didn't just go with the six shot version for the book) and the risky nature of firing one of these things as speculated by Ian.   

[Ithoriel]

Perhaps inspired by the Nock seven barrel beloved of Patrick Harper in the Sharpe's novels?

Also, if you feel the need for a multibarrel monstrosity presumably you expect to already be in such mortal danger that the risk may be worth taking?

[Techno II]

Hmmm.....not that I have a clue.....But the 'supposed inventor'....in the fictional story was Italian.

Probably made up ?

Cheers - Phil.

[Ithoriel]

Not a multibarrel but a multishot pistol of the right era
 
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/788263

Never come across Michele Lorenzoni before.

Just when you think you've seen everything along comes another surprise!

[Techno II]

Not a multibarrel but a multishot pistol of the right era 
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/788263
Never come across Michele Lorenzoni before.
Just when you think you've seen everything along comes another surprise!

That was the chap, Mike ! (What a clever erm....man. )

Cheers- Phil

[hammurabi70]

There was an inventing Briton at the time of the American Revolution but a quick use of google only revealed:
https://ageofrevolutions.com/2016/10/20/the-promise-of-american-repeating-weapons-1791-1821/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_rifle