#puckle gun

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Saviez-vous qu'en 1718, un inventeur britannique a révolutionné l'art de la guerre avec une arme incroyable ? 🤯 Le Puckle Gun, ancêtre de la mitrailleuse moderne, avait la capacité de tirer plusieurs coups sans rechargement, une innovation qui aurait pu changer l'histoire ! Mais pourquoi n'a-t-elle jamais été adoptée à grande échelle ? Dans cette vidéo, découvrez l'histoire fascinante de James Puckle et son invention, le fonctionnement unique du Puckle Gun, ainsi que les raisons de son échec. Nous explorerons aussi son influence sur les mitrailleuses modernes comme la Gatling. Ne manquez pas cette plongée dans l'histoire des armes et comment une simple invention aurait pu transformer les batailles ! 👉 Regardez la vidéo complète sur YouTube et partagez vos réflexions en commentaire ! #PuckleGun #HistoireDesArmes #Inventions

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The Wall Street Journal

A Wacky 18th-Century Firearm Is Starring in Modern Gun-Law Debates Jul 11, 2024 at 11:01 AM The Wall Street Journal Pucklemania really began firing on all cylinders around 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. vs. Bruen. That decision overturned as unconstitutional New York state’s restrictions on who is allowed to carry a concealed gun. Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for the majority, declared gun laws must be “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”  Some interpreted that to mean that laws about modern firearms needed to find analogous firearms laws from when the Second Amendment was developed.

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May 15, 1718 Rapid Fire

May 15, 1718 Rapid Fire

A story comes to us from the Revolution, of a battle near Boonesborough, Kentucky. A British officer dared to poke his head out from behind a tree. A split-second later he was dead, a lead ball in his head. It was a near-miraculous shot for the day, nearly 250-yards distant from the shooter. The man with the rifle was Daniel Boone.  The weapon was his famous Kentucky long rife.

It was a good…

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Ian from Forgotten Weapons on the Puckle Gun.

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Puckle gun, early 18th century.

This particular model fires round projectiles.  A model firing square projectiles was produced to “convince the Turks of the benefits of Christian civilization".

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A British lawyer named James Puckle patented the first primitive 'machine gun' on this day in British history, 15 May 1718. The gun became known as the 'Puckle Gun,' and its inventor originally intended to use it for fishing, oddly enough. At the time of its patent, however, the design was beyond what was technologically possible, and the gun quickly gained a reputation for being unreliable and problematic. It did not become popular, and one newspaper sarcastically observed, following the business venture's failure, that the gun has "only wounded those who hold shares therein."