quadruple barrel shotguns

[two gun charlie]

who has one ? and is it the most awesome gun you ever owned

I just looked at some on the internet and it just tickled my imagination.
can it shoot all four at once please say yes

 

[oneounceload]

Peter Hofer in Austria will build you one - won't be cheap though; he'll even build you a funfling - 5 barrels in your choice of shotgun and rifle combinations

 

[Goblin]

yeah....Drillings were developed in countries where u were heavily taxed for each gun u owned....so.....

 

[MattShlock]

Shhhhh!!!!

The White House is READING THIS!

 

[DM~]

yeah....Drillings were developed in countries where u were heavily taxed for each gun u owned....so.....

The REAL reason drillings were develouped is, in those countries, you were hunting from a "stand", and the beaters drove game to you. You never knew what was comeing out, so you had a gun in your hands that "instantly" gave you a "choise" of rifle or shotgun.

DM

 

[rcmodel]

can it shoot all four at once please say yes

I can assure you, you would not want it too!!

rc

 

[Goblin]

We shall agree to disagree....Don't have the page number or anything but my citation is James Burkes book "Connections" which enlightens us on the development and history of technology.

 

[oneounceload]

I have heard similar reasoning, Goblin, as well as another reasoning being that many times you would be hare or boar or stag hunting as well as pheasant hunting so one gun with multiple capabilities was necessary

 

[Jim Watson]

I remember an old article by Roger Barlow, 1, 2, 3, 4.
The 4 barreled gun was a Lancaster with two triggers and a loop lever like a Winchester.
He figured that the intended use was on driven grouse. Shoot two coming in, turn around while working the lever to recock the locks, and shoot two more on the way out.
Of course a real toff shooting in Scotland on the Glorious Twelfth of August would have a pair of doubles, swapping the empty for the loaded with his valet or loader to take the second pair of birds.

 

[two gun charlie]

strange that I haven't seen any of these in movies yet I'LL BE BACK !! BUT YOU WON'T

 

[RTR_RTR]

Sounds heavy

 

[Tom Held]

4 barrel long guns

Here's a link to one of the 4 barrel shotguns in the Petersen collection at the NRA's National Firearms Museum. Petersen owned a number of these guns. The entire collection is spectaculr and worth visiting at NRA headquarters.


http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum...boss/lancaster-four-barrel-shotgun-28-ga.aspx

 

[DeepSouth]

Need one that's a PGO.

Seriously though it's no telling what that costs. A 3 barreled 12 ga could be nice for duck hunting, but the gun would cost more than the boat.

 

[Jim Watson]

Winchester prototyped a four barreled riot gun meant to arm Vietnamese villagers against AK armed VC. Right.

 

[two gun charlie]

Winchester prototyped a four barreled riot gun meant to arm Vietnamese villagers against AK armed VC. Right.

well depending on the situation there are times I would not want to face an angry man with a shotgun even if I had the hammer of justice in my left hand and the shield of truth in my other

 

[barnbwt]

Drilling - Three Barrels
Vierling - Four Barrels--you really don't want to pay the prices that someone who knows what "vierling" means will sell theirs for
Funfling - Five Barrels (didn't know about that one 'til now )

Chiappa's apparently got a 3-barrel 12ga out, now, in both stocked and pistol grip variants;


TCB

 

[two gun charlie]

barn those are dutch words drieling , vierling en vyfling
and you have a really fine looking shotgun there
can it shoot all three barrels at once

 

[Taniwha]

Ah, but there has been one. 1983, New Zealand, movie called Utu. Directed by Geoff Murphy. One of the characters builds a 4 bbl Shotgun. With speed loaders too.

http://youtu.be/ZmyNqO6LAvQ

 

[Deer_Freak]

Just the over and unders with a rifle barrel on the bottom were pretty heavy when compared to Mossberg 500 or even a Remington 1100. You would need a cart to carry most of the guns discussed in this thread.

 

[oneounceload]

Surprisingly, the drillings I have handled all ran about 8# or so - the weight of a good rifle or target gun, albeit the drillings have shorter barrels - so swing dynamics are much different and one would need to practice with that aspect.

 

[two gun charlie]

Ah, but there has been one. 1983, New Zealand, movie called Utu. Directed by Geoff Murphy. One of the characters builds a 4 bbl Shotgun. With speed loaders too.

http://youtu.be/ZmyNqO6LAvQ

that clip was great

 

[Ron James]

Shooting more than one barrel with one pull of the trigger may be very interesting to explain when a ' Suit " from the BATFE comes a rapping, comes a tapping at your chamber door.

 

[DM~]

My Drilling weighs right at 7 pounds...



DM

 

[two gun charlie]

Shooting more than one barrel with one pull of the trigger may be very interesting to explain when a ' Suit " from the BATFE comes a rapping, comes a tapping at your chamber door.

It would be interesting because I would tell them they have no jurisdiction here

 

[The_Next_Generation]

*gasp* A wild non-American THR member appears!

...Well I thought it was funny....

Definitely NEED one o' these tri-barreled doodads..