Volleyfire S333 double barrel revolver?

I'd think that firing both barrels with one trigger pull would qualify it as "full auto" per the ATF.

I haven't seen a letter out clarification, but haven't exactly been looking very hard. It's an interesting design for sure though.

https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2019/1/10/new-for-2019-standard-mfg-s333-volleyfire/

I keep seeing two different volley fire "revolvers" in this run up to Shot Show 2019. Are they both new for this year?

One has six barrels, three trigger pulls firing opposite pairs of barrel of a pepper box appearing gun where the barrels do not revolver.




And the more tradition revolve in the article I linked above that has an more tradition 8-shot cylinder that fires the two adjacent chambers



Volley fire, ie firing more than one shot per trigger pull if they go down separate chambers and barrels, is expressly exempt from the NFA full-auto regulation.

It's novel but I am struggling to find a use for either of them. With the short barrel and chambered in 22 WMR it does not serve much utility. 22 WMR from a short barrel is sort of obnoxious to shoot for all the more punch it delivers. I would rather have a Taurus Judge or S&W Governor and than ain't saying much for it at all. It's amusing and I would shoot one given the opportunity but I would not spend money on it.

I bet you might need that long trigger to make it work. You need a pretty stiff hammer spring to reliably ignite two rimfire cartridges at a time. Bet that is a stiff trigger.

Interesting. They give all kind of specs on the revolver but neglect to add weight of trigger pull and have a 2 finger trigger. Makes me wonder.

In the absence of first hand accounts regarding the trigger characteristics , I'm going with the "need a long lever" inclination.

I don't know how practical it is , but wayyy interesting - yes.

The Belgians used to make novelty revolvers something like this, about 125-140 years ago. And using 22 Win Mag with such a short barrel seems like a mistake, plus the price of 22 Long Rifle is so much less. Plus the 6-shot pepperbox just begs the question, why not two three shot volleys, or one six shot?

They recommend loading a regular round and a shot shell for paired rotation. That is rather silly, IMHO. Shot shells are for little critters.

GEM said:

They recommend loading a regular round and a shot shell for paired rotation. That is rather silly, IMHO. Shot shells are for little critters.

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The "sand" shot is pretty commonly available in rimfire calibers and I agree, that wouldn't be any use on its own, but combined with a simultaneous .22 cal bullet hitting the target, I can at least see what they are going for.

Imagine a 4 ball load of lead BB shot in place of the sand shot and I think the idea gains (stubby, questionable) legs.

Well that certainly is unique but I thought if a gun fired more than one barrel per trigger squeeze it qualified as a machine gun.

I guess I'm pretty satisfied shooting one 357 caliber bullet or bigger per trigger paul rather than two 22 caliber bullets.

It is interesting though.

The large pointy protrusion in front of the trigger looks like it would be tough to extract from a pocket or holster.

I want one because reasons.