Gunroom
Mar 17, 2021
2 minutes
Bill Harriman
Until practicable revolver designs had been perfected in the 1830s, the only way to increase a gun’s firing rate was to give it multiple barrels that could either all fire at once or could be selected to fire at the user’s pleasure. The number of barrels was generally limited to a maximum of three, mainly due to considerations of weight. That said, there were guns built with greater numbers
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