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Am I the only person on this site who finds it slightly worrying that so many chess players know so much about guns?

I've met Chess players. I don't think they're the sort of people who should be anywhere near cutlery, never mind fire-bloody-arms.

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Originally posted by skeeter
Stick to what you know Phlab.
In the post black-powder early revolvers the under lever was neccesary to eject the spent brass, as the cylinder was rotated manually, chamber by chamber. Re-loading was the same painful process, rotating the cylinder until the chamber presented ( left or right of the firing block ), insert the cartridge, rotate to the next ch ...[text shortened]... reload quicker than your adversary was often the difference between life and death.

skeeter
good post sir
you summed up the old blackpowder revolvers well

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Am I the only person on this site who finds it slightly worrying that so many chess players know so much about guns?

I've met Chess players. I don't think they're the sort of people who should be anywhere near cutlery, never mind fire-bloody-arms.
WRONG
i work as a butcher
thank you

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Originally posted by aspviper666
WRONG
i work as a butcher
thank you
I find it completely credible that Chess Players are into butchering. I don't know if it should be condoned though.

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Originally posted by aspviper666
....sir....
...ahem...!!

Michelle

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Originally posted by flexmore
why does a winchester rifle look like it has two barrels?

do they both work?

why?
Nah.
There's a spring in there (and bullets) to help chamber the next round when you work the lever.

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Originally posted by skeeter
Stick to what you know Phlab.
In the post black-powder early revolvers the under lever was neccesary to eject the spent brass, as the cylinder was rotated manually, chamber by chamber. Re-loading was the same painful process, rotating the cylinder until the chamber presented ( left or right of the firing block ), insert the cartridge, rotate to the next ch ...[text shortened]... reload quicker than your adversary was often the difference between life and death.

skeeter
"Post black-powder"? You mean bow and arrow?

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Originally posted by Ringtailhunter
"Post black-powder"? You mean bow and arrow?
That would be "pre black powder"
For a cool ancient weapon, look here.

http://www.atlatl.com/

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Originally posted by flexmore
the old six shooter pistols also seem to usually have what looks like a second barrel .... is this an axle for the rotating chamber of bullets?
No. It is a device used to push out a case?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Am I the only person on this site who finds it slightly worrying that so many chess players know so much about guns?

I've met Chess players. I don't think they're the sort of people who should be anywhere near cutlery, never mind fire-bloody-arms.
I fired a gun before I ever saw a chess set. I own a chess set. It cost a dollar and came with a set of checkers. I own two centerfires.

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Originally posted by KneverKnight
For a cool ancient weapon, look here.

http://www.atlatl.com/
Spear-thrower vs. boomerang--what odds?

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Originally posted by skeeter
...ahem...!!

Michelle
how totally sexist of me to assume you were a male named michelle
my bad
sorry dude

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Is skeeter's name Michelle???

Holy hell. It's love at first understanding!!!

Michelle, ma belle...la die laaaa die laaaaaaa

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could also be an over-under rifle/shotgun, has one rifle barrel over one shotgun barrel, both loaded by hand (like a double-barrelled shotgun is).

old pistols have a hand-manipulated ejector lever that goes in a tube under the barrel (like the guy said above but think he skipped the tube part).

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Spear-thrower vs. boomerang--what odds?
I don't know how effective the boomerang is but they say an atlatl dart could defeat the armour used by Cortez's men. That would be with a stone point.
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