The Top 15 Ugliest Pre-1900 Handguns
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- If you like to check out eccentric and aesthetically dubious, if not downright hideous designs in history, this video is for you. :)
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I kinda like the simplicity of the handgonne honestly. It's like the definition of a boom stick.
Yup
yea
Francis Lafontaine. É. I agree.
Chinese three eyes handgonne survived until the end of the 18th century. They had a lot of versions with spear /trident point on the cannon /butt of the handgonne, or even a glaive blade. In general, the ming dynasty tried to make a lot of versions of multiple barelled gun, with various degrees of effectiveness, check them on great ming military website
can you get one at S mart though?
i guess you can still use the puffer pistol as a boomerang if everything else fails.
i found those the ugliest
Also these things confuse me. How are you supposed to pull the trigger? It goes straight down!
But make the pommel removable to end them rightly then follow up with a shot to the face.
throwing it would obviously be more effective anyway
Honestly it looked photoshopped
Weapon smith: would you like a revolver a knife or a knuckle duster
French Gangster : Yes
*Oui!*
Ah, that gun.
Onh hungh ongh
Crassoint cannon oui oui
Oui oui hon hon punchy croisont hon hon
11:42 Of course!
You shoot, the gun flies off your hand, and the spikes make sure the gun get's stuck to the ship's wood instead of falling in the sea.
Or someone elses eye.
One way or the other you don't lose your gun. THAT'S BRILLIANT!!!
Andre Gon I would imagine it would fly back and get stuck in your own eye
@@fugginchit1 Hey you still havn't lost it!
Those pepperbox guns. Reloading is for after the battle.
Yah because no way in hell are you reloading it in battle
Yeah good point A lot of people are complaining that the duress of battle change is your load time LOL well that's why you do it before
A lot of these handguns are weird, but some could fit in a steampunk TT RPG. Hmmm. Duck's foot for airship combat?
A duck's foot would be great for firing into an opposing line of soldiers. You're more likely to hit multiple targets. Loading would suck though..
Seems like something a cavalryman would use to shoot at a group of line infantry once and then not use again.
make it a fixed, full size gun with incendiary ammunition, maybe make it possible to vary the spread radius, and you have a nice little airship sinker.
@@caelvanir8557 yeah he mentioned that they used it for ship combat to clear the deck. Makes sense. Fire a couple of them into the mix and then board with sidearms.
The Duck’s Foot has been used for the game Hard West.
'...40-60 seconds' I think It'd take a fair bit longer than that to load 24 barrels.
he means each...
i think it's sot secound but minutes since it was written 40-60 minutes on the top left of the screen XD
I am sure the powder is in a paper catriadge, so you just dunk it in with the bb and shove the stick in.
I think you could make this fairly economically. With all those barrels side by side and some training and maybe an extra tool for compressing the powder in each barrel at the same time xD
Snocone333 No he probably doesn't mean each, because that wouldn't correspond with the loading time shown on screen, which shows to be 40-60 minutes long, so let's assume 60 seconds for each barrel, that'd result in 24 minutes loading time for the 24 barrel version. I'd put my money on the loading time of 40-60 seconds, because 40-60 minutes strikes me as too long, but you'd need to be a fairly speedy gunuser, because that'd mean that you'd have to load a barrel each 2,5 seconds, but it might be done with enough training.
Sorry but I love that flintlock hand mortar!
I legit want to make a recreation because its so great
I want one for home protection. 😆 lol
I like it too, it looks like a weapon from one piece.
The Germans give you a boomerang pistol operated with your pinky and what do you do? Complain!
SMH... :p
Bro I don't even know it almost looks like something so you can shoot out of a trench, I believe you were referring to the puffer gun, just realized I'm responding to a 5-year-old comment hope all is well
Skall, on the german puffer pistols, I know it wasn't done much, I believe some were used in walking canes. It would explain the very odd 90 degree angle and even more oddly placed triggers.
Seriously though that trigger. How are you even meant to pull it, pushing it down with your pinky?
@@Personoide I believe you fire it by bringing your fingers together
Feels like it would affect accuracy but it's a vintage gun so accuracy is a dream anyway
I suspect they were more ornamental and a status piece and not meant to be put to everyday use
No, it really doesn't
4:45 so a sci-fi aesthetic eh? You mean how it looks like a 19th century plasma cutter from Dead Space lol
Omg ur right lol
If the super-clumsy-looking *C-93 Borchardt* isn't on the list, I'll be disappointed.
If Ian from _forgotten weapons_ has taught me anything, it's that early automatics are complex, bizarre and strangely charming beasts, and the Borchardt from 1893 takes the cake easily.
*edit:* It's not here, but I'm going to forgive Skall, since everything on the list is, amazingly, even worse xD
The Borchart looks awesome in its own unique way
i honestly think the C-93 Borchardt looks really good, I'd buy one of those xD
I was gonna make the same comment but I actually kinda adore the C93
Then came along Georg Luger's own design.
Our daddy taught us not to be ashamed of our guns
Especially since they're of such a good size and all
I see that daddy gave you good advice and all
Yeah, I can see that.
It gets bigger when I pull on the trigger.
Void Vagabond mmmmHMMmmm
Sometimes, I rip the barrell
The 20 shot revolver would have almost no recoil because of how heavy it would be. I own a full sized Taurus judge chambered in 44. long colt and it has very little kick because of how heavy it is
Not to mention the teeny tiny bore of the cylinders, had to be an anemic cartridge. Even then it may not have much kick but I wouldn't doubt it would love trying to jump out of your hand.
Yeah but thats an actual well thought revolver that doesnt have an football field's worth of extra height above your hand.
@@sebastianriz4703 a very good point, I didn't think of the flip up on a revolver that tall
most of these guns actually look really cool the problem is how do you hold these things ? XD
Gangsta
The Charles Bayle gun looks very good in my opinion.
It looks like something that would fit in a steam punk setting.
I would even dare to say that it would be seen as a "futuristic" weapon in that setting.
Cavare Envius I agree, I love the look
5:00 at first I thought it was an axe, so that must say something about that gun.
Wait, it's not!?
Maybe I am weird but I like them all. Some of them are like some orc's guns and others are sort of gentleman's design.
Agreed
The Apache is actually my favorite pistol. It's a three in one weapon.
I mean, yeah I get that the gun is as inaccurate as John Wilkes Booth's Derringer, but it's still a good concept for the time
Basically a multitool for a mugger.
The basic idea with them is that you stab first then fire at point-blank range
Nah, the basic idea is to stab and then scare the socks off them with the size of the muzzle flash. It's really an answer to the riddle "how do I get the biggest-ass fireball from such a tiny cartridge?"
The Apache gun is designed to be a flashy display weapon. I mean its real was purpose was to frighten the parisian bourgeois into giving up their money and pocket watches without resisting. Interestingly, it caused the development of two upper class martial arts designed to counter concealed weapons:
-The Savate kickboxing, with front kicks aimed at disarming and breaking the ribs of your opponent.
- The Canne de Combat, a style of fencing adapted to canes and sword-canes. Here is a demonstration th-cam.com/video/eMdZjyU7i54/w-d-xo.html
Ikr
Jacob Shaw Revolver. What gets me about this design is it's honestly Brilliant. In a lot of the traits that Emilio Ghisoni would later incorperate into the Matebas. (And the Chiappa Rhino for a different company. Basically another Mateba) The bottom charge-hole firing position lowers the barrel axis for accuracy, just the opposite of the monstrosity before it, and therefore pushes the recoil straight back, instead of up. The center axis boresite is so innovative, they could have just started making target revolvers like that, any time, and it would be awesome, but then they put this on a stubby little chunk of rosewood for a grip. The Trigger guard is larger in area than the grip frame. So, any accuracy you would get from these inovations are totally lost, because you can't Hold the damned thing, without it slipping in your hand like a hard boiled egg.
Psiberzerker, agreed, it's genius! I was also reminded of the Matebas. It could have been amazing if it was properly sized and not a pocket design.
I'd be happy if Emilio Ghisoni saw this, and decided to incorperate the cylinder axis site on his next design. Since it's safe to say by now that the man knows how to create a stunningly accurate and modern revolver. (Even if some of them are ugly.) I'm pretty sure that Shaw's patents have expired.
Some of these guns feature stacked, cartridge magazines and date from like 1865! They may be ugly, but there are several guns on this list that are way ahead of their time. Its fascinating how well understood the bore axis issue is on some of these designs, a long with capacity limits of a rotating cylinder.
Far as I understand, the pommel on old flintlock pistols was also intended to be used as a sort of club, which could explain the angle at least a bit. Arguably, this seems more designed for that purpose than the whole point of the thing, a firearm, but given load times, it was more likely to see longer periods of use as a club than a handgun.
*literally pistol whipping bitches*
12:27 this is a list of ugly pistols. However, Palm Pistols get a little bit of a pass, (For me personally) not just because their form is dictated by their function (Basically fitting them all in the palm of your hand) but also, they're intended to be hidden, in the palm of your hand. So, aesthetic isn't as much of a factor, when you're not planning on brandishing it out in the open. Fantastic video. I was so excited just when i read the title, and you didn't disappoint in the least! I wish I could [Like] it 15 times!
this video is about the aesthetic not the function or usefulness
This is a comment about Form, AND Function. I know what this video is about, that's why I led with that. Thank you.
See for me I dont think that justifies ignoring the asthetics. The pistols were obviously made to be "pretty" and nice to look at. People obviously paid high price for the craftsmenship and intended on showing it to their group of friends.
I mean if they could have been made to be purely functional like modern day concealed pistols. Thats just my two cents though. Your opinion is valid and makes sense, I just dont fully agree with it. ^~^
7:58 the kind of gun we've drawn when we were kids. Like a pistol for a stick man.
Is there a firearm that shoots pommels?
I think the ducks foot was also a favourite of gamblers in case anyone at the table tried cheating
Yeah, you killed the cheating bastard and his buddies
@@SK-cj7gk I heard that from Auction hunters and that's when I first saw the ducks foot.t3 expert/buyer said that that was the idea. Kill all the competition and take all the money of they cheat. So if a Derringer pistol wasn't enough, you have the ducks foot.
It looks like is made in case everyone was cheating at the table
You mean in case EVERYONE at the table tried cheating right?
@@MrPainkiller616 Awh damn you beat me to it.
Man I dig your videos, the silky music, your voice and the way you talk. Everything really makes a soothing atmosphere that is super enjoyable
VIewers: "They have pommels Skal! Pommels!"
Skal: "... Sigh.... Yes... Yes they do...."
Interesting subject. I have done studies on some of the "oddest" prototype firearms from all over the world and even though I agree that they are ugly, the innovation never ceases to amaze me. Lots of people thinking outside of the box. Another great video Skall!
Will we get one with post 1900 firearms?
+Skallagrim while the Apache is reputed to be popular among the French gang members of the late 19th century (hence the name), I remember reading that it was rarely if ever used by them. I'm pretty sure that it was one of those "romatic thing" like the idea that people from Scotland used a kilt since the Middle Ages.
Those handgonne... points for the name, are actually pretty neat imo
It's almost looks like a misspelling of
"Hand gone"
Actually the Handgonne has something beautiful to me. Ugly often starts when things get overeaggerated.
Simplicity is beautiful most of the time to me. Straight forward.
The sight of the ˋˋpommelgunˋˋ would be terrifing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That bottom Duck's foot looks like the kind of trash they give to hunters in World of Warcraft. "I know, let's give them something with spikes on the handle too so it looks and feels stupid at both ends!"
The pepper box reminds me of a gun from borderlands... review borderlands guns.
I second this
Do it.
Hell yes.
That would take so damn long
I know this is an old comment but there IS a revolver called the pepperbox in Borderlands 2 and the Pre-Sequel
3:08 Remember the fish of doom poket knife?
HE EVOLVED
1:30 I was excited when he said "40-60 _seconds_" :(
minuets makes more sense though. I expect this was a home defense weapon.
Waitwhat? You don't like the Apache?
*TRIGGERED!!!*
On a sidenote: Ian from Forgotten Weapons had made a vid about it a few years ago. And he said that the revolver actually feels quite comfortable in the hand despite the arkward shape of the "grip". And since it's just a 5mm pinfire revolver you don't have to worry about recoil anyway. ^^
40-60 seconds? That's not too long.
Maybe he meant each barrel? As it is the average time to reload a powder weapon (a normal one, that is)
i think it's sot secound but minutes since it was written 40-60 minutes on the top left of the screen XD
He definitely meant "per barrel". Unless someone's magically so fast that he can load each barrel with a ball, powder, and ram it down in a matter of 2-3 seconds.
He actually ment minutes. It is written on the top left.
Say that again when you're in the middle of a firefight
I think that 'ugly' weapons and tools often look cool. They generate interesting fantasy and scifi ideas, too.
More of this series please.
I love how you said that about the pepper box
What do you think about Maxim-Silverman 1896? In my opinion it's one of the best looking pistols of this era.
It looks sick! Like some kind of gun that James Bond would have.
1:52 It's called a 'hand' gonne because the alternative were gonnes mounted on horse-drawn carts.
Puffer pistols? More like boomerang pistols. No one expects boomerang pistols.
Serpillard le rusé unless your in borderlands
I have watched a few of your videos so far and all i have to say is your content is right up my alley and how very informative and knowledgable you are. Please keep up the good work man.
hey skal since you had some "puffer" pistols and a handgonne in there, I thought you might be interested in how those names came to be. So from what I've heard the handgonne could also be called "meuchelpuffer" depending on dialect which roughly translates to "murdering poof maker" so the "puffer" cames from the german sound word "puff" (poof) and adding the "-er" makes it so it is an dedicated object to make poof. so essentially many pistols and rifles were just things that kill people and make poof, if you are just looking at the german language. Since the "puffer" pistol seems to invented much later it is to assume that "meuchelpuffer" was shortened to just "puffer".
And today puffer is just additional time you plan into a project phase, just in case you might get the impression germans still call it like that ^^
Well puffer nowadays is literally a buffer.
But the old explanation is interesting.
Handgonne I would have though from Kanone so in a dialect it could easily sound like ganone wich is pretty close to gonne. Especially since germans don't leave unused vocals anywhere. Don't know if that's true but that's what I would have though about the name history.
@@jamesjuld haha yeah I didn't remember that buffer is the translation of puffer, well your explanation makes sense as well, I only heard that it was also called meuchelpuffer as well
Not to mention keeping track of which pepperbox barrels you already loaded vs which ones you didn't.
Not as bad as figuring out if any of them failed to fire.
@@satannstuff Cheers
9:29 i actually like this one.
10:18 Looks like a nail clipper.
Brilliant choice of background soundtrack. Really fit the video!
There is no such thing as an ugly gun, all guns are beautiful.
#ChangeMyMind
Hi point c9
@@outko24 hi-point c9 looks boring, but doesn't look ugly.
@@Don-ds3dy Personally I think a stock glock looks boring and a hi point looks ugly.
@@Don-ds3dy Check out the Dreyse M1907 it's pretty ugly, but I'd still buy one if I could.
@@poiuytrewq11422 thanks for that.
0:45 Hunchback: The Blunderbuss Pistol
1:18 The Hornet's Hive Pepperboxes
1:49 Literal Boomstick
2:39 The snack that shoots you back. Goldfish!
4:14 The Unfinished Finisher
5:01 1800's Potato Gun
5:43 "Little Arthritis Causer"
6:30 When you try to make a Flintlock pistol but you're drunk and high on tobacco, opiates and cocaine
7:08 The Wrong Angle
7:45 Raisin Cane Gun
8:27 When you get Mag extensions for your six-shooter
9:45 wut
10:10 Artsy Fartsy
11:07 The Wrist Ripper
12:09 Mistake
13:00 LEAKED MONSTER HUNTER 15 WEAPON
I wonder, can you find enough info on real gunswords (and gun knives, and gun axes, and other exotic gun / melee weapon hybrids from history)?
Extra Extra Credit if you can actually get hands on one to give commentary on how well it still operates as a sword
Shadiversity has a video on that
I happen to think both hand mortars are pretty pleasing to the eye!
Are AR-10s restricted just like AR-15s in canada?
I guess every AR shaped gun, the gun is restricted because it's shape or action(?)
I heard AK is outright banned because of the shape
starving troll During a robbery, the victims don't know, and hopefully won't find out what size bullets are fired. Maybe that's why. Or maybe it's just to make it easier for the police to decide if a gun needs to be confiscated or not.
The AR-15 and AK47 are no more dangerous than any other semi-auto gun on the market, and there are a plethora of guns made in their image that shoot entirely different calibers. It's not about how dangerous the gun is, victims definitely do not consider caliber size when being robbed (sadly a lot of people couldn't tell you the difference between a .22 and a 20 gauge), and its not about police confiscating a gun because police should not be in your home looking to confiscate any guns unless you're a felon, and in that case they take them all regardless.
The only reason those guns have a bad global standing is because they associate them with the people who have taken up their use. The Mauser and Luger are widely adored despite being Nazi standard weapons, and owning a Mauser has little to do with your ethics and nothing to do with your affiliation to any party. Just because I own a colt revolver doesn't make me a cowboy, and just like having a flintlock pistol doesn't mean I'm a pirate. Many people associate with and experience a form of PTSD when they see the two styles of guns associated with modern terrorism. Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 has been tainted as the Terrorist gun made by Slavic communists used by the Vietcong and Taliban (along with modern pirates and many other undesirables, because it was mass produced), and the ArmaLite Rifle model 15 has been demonized by the media because of its popularity among domestic United States terrorists, even though its original target audience was customization gun enthusiasts who like their fancy LED attachments and custom painted plastic parts.
No gun should be banned. It does no good to ban a weapon, it only removes it from the hands of people who collect, sport, and home defense with decorative weapons that are no more dangerous than any other weapon on the market. Banning the weapon only affirms its association with the group, which then means all of the guns taken off of the open market dispense into the black market and are purchased by criminals who will continue to use the gun with even more pride than ever. It's just like the Thompson being banned because people were terrified of gangsters, who continued to use illegal Thompsons regardless, and even made it a personal mission to use them.
We talk about banning certain guns because of the way they look, but we wont even consider banning sports cars for having shitty gas mileage that raises the gas prices, damages our roads, and eats our atmosphere, as well as encourages people to speed and causes more accidents (proven by insurance statistics).
03:00 These were often used to signal ships or celebrate their arrival. It actually makes perfect sense for it to be nautically themed.
A lot of these are failed experiments. Look up apache revolver. Its a knife, knuckle duster and revolver. Historians think it was more of a status symbol
The Apache revolver actually looks kind a cool in my opinion. You would fire all your shots, then swing with the knife bit, and on the chance the blade snaps off, you still got yourself a brass knuckle gun. It's like having a back up plan for your back up plan for your main plan.
40-60 secs caption says 40.60 mins...
3:15 I LOVE the top one! It looks like a star wars gun or something
Puffler pistol would be good for people in wheelchairs
Quadriplegic with a gun
As a gunsmith I see some truly horrific pieces. I wish more could appreciate the absurdity in some of the guns in history. I thank you for doing these videos.
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Shit i am not a true fan! 😢
@@Game...007 me neitha
A personal favorite; the Axe Pistol.
An Axe. On a Pistol.
Or a Cutlass Revolver.
Very nice Skall, my dad has an old book with all these designs in them. it brings back old memories.
It's interesting to think that for almost 500 years, people have been asking "How do we make the gun BETTER?" The early guns were easy to improve, but even as late as the 1900's, when the "modern" gun (internal magazine, semi-automatic, all that jazz) became standard, people still asked that question and it's lead to some of the most hilarious and downright ridiculous firearms ever.
8:23 When the custom game buff's McCree's ammo capacity from 6 to 20.
That ducks foot with the knife on the thumbnail would be awesome but too much with magazines and shot shells. It'd be destructive to say the least.
6:30 The puffer pistol looks like it'll come back if you throw it just right.
With a bit of thinking, it becomes clear that the 'boomerangs' were meant to be used to fire on a target below. If you were on a horse or defending a wall. Then the pummel also makes a lot of sense.
I personally like the Apache. Knuckledusters always fascinate me so it's even more interesting to see someone combine it with a firearm
1:34 The face you make when you get a good Christmas present 🎄
The Charles Baylie 1879 multi barrel contraption *does* in fact have a SciFi version, not terribly recent either. That weapons, with a bit of window dressing to cover up the frame, is the pretty close design referred to as a "Kalat PPG Pistol" and used by the Narn on the show Babylon 5, particularly well featured in the episode where G'Kar get's captured by Imperial Guard troops working for Emperor Cartagia, that episode originally broadcasted in 1996.
The very acute angled pistols may have been produced specifically to be used by Cavalry from horseback. Some later revolvers also had oddly angled handles , deliberately made that way to facilitate the sometimes difficult job or firing down into close pressed assailants. Whatever the motive, they remain bloody ugly items.
The apache looks amazing. Prefect weapon to reflect accurately the level of violence you want to unleash on your foes. Informing them beforehand as you unfold it.
Love the soothing background sound
1:04 I think the most menacing thing about those guns is that they may induce "trypophobia", or fear of holes. The one with the pommel actually looks like a curtain tieback...
Gotta disagree with the duck foot recoil, it would be about the same as firing a quadruple charge and I've seen people do that from a period authentic pistol, it's not comfortable but judging by the fact I saw them do it several times in a row it certainly won't break your wrist unless you hold it at a strange angle.
The design of the puffer pistol was so that you squeeze the trigger as you're throwing it (like a boomerang) that way you can do double duty with it.
What's funny is that Forgotten Weapons has done videos for a few of these firearms.
The ducks foot with the spikes on the handle is for when a masochist hates someone enough to shoot them 7 times at close range, but wants to get it done quick. Either that, or for someone wants to go shoot stuff in their backyard, but wasn't satisfied with the lack of property damage done with their guns with one barrel.
His prononciation of French words is really good and it is satisfying to hear as a French Canadian!!
I actually really like that last one. I am a sucker for weird but practical designs and with a bit of modification it would definitely be a gun I would use.
7:07 ideal for shooting round corners without exposing ones self to the enemy...
The bottom grenade launcher at 2:42 is actually featured in a videogame. It's a DLC weapon (Community Weapon Pack 2) in Killing Floor (2009). It's funny that you'd refer to it as looking "fishy" as in Killing Floor it's referred to as the "Orca Bomb Propeller." Just thought someone might find this a bit interesting.
Here's the link to the steam page if you wanna see for yourself: store.steampowered.com/app/210943/Killing_Floor__Community_Weapon_Pack_2/
2:20 I actually find the crudeness in its rudimentary design to be efficient and to the point considering its one of the first of its kind in Germany. I actually like the overall look, simple and badass.
That Little All Right thing is... it's not just ugly, but extremely unsafe.
"How do you shoot this thing?"
"We have a trigger right above the muzzle. You totally won't blast your finger off."
If you think the ducks foot is bad, wait till he finds out about the 7 barrel deck clearing musket which fired pistol balls. The thing was known to break bones of the user due to recoil when fired from the shoulder. Looked good though.
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The wallet gun was pretty neat, and yeah could totally see a sci-fi version. I feel like I've seen something like that, but can't quite place it.
I feel like it was a video game, but possibly an anime? The Maxim 9 is a close enough real world fit for overall esthetic in terms of rectangular design.
Using one as a base to design some futuristic thing would be interesting, unless the intent was to still fire bullets which would be an... Interesting challenge.
the apache palm pistol was moreso used as a status symbol by high ranking gang members ( kind of like a fancy piece of jewelry) far more than for its functionality, it was basically a mediocre version of a knife, brass knuckles, and pocket pistol that didnt event have a barrel on it, just relied on the smooth bore chamber in the cylinder to guide the bullet once fired
Often wondered about those hand mortars - what do you do if you get a misfire? Presumably the range was not huge, and therefore the flight time and so fuse length must be quite short. Not much time to tip the grenade out and pull out the fuse. Presumably, nobody wanted to stand too close to other people firing that weapon.... Would the short, thick barrel have still directed enough of the grenade explosion and fragments upwards and so protected the user and bystanders somewhat, or would the force of the grenade explosion just have blown it open?
Time to drop my life savings on a recreation to test it out!
Ahhh the Duckfoot. I loved the Ducky in Assassin Creed 3, You could full takedown whole patrol of 12 guys with a couple of shots. Fantastic!
I love the the duck foot, I think it’s so crazy that it’s cool. But I also do agree with you.
The only thing I can think of for the "puffer" pistols with the weird angles is that they are designed to be "blind-fired" from cover.
On the Chaineux revolver they should've just raised the cylinder a bit higher and pit the hammer at the bottom so it shoots the bottom instead of the top. Seems like an incredibley overlooked design option.
I'm actually a fan of that Apache one. Seems like a combination weapon that actually works and would serve as a unique weapon in a game.
Captian using a Duck's Foot: "Well I could not find a boom so I will use this thing".
One of the crew: "A boom may look prettier".
Captains wrest: "Why did you not lesson to the crew don't you see I am in pain"?
7:00 This looks like an interesting gun design for a fucking alien who has a really weird hand.
Its actually kinda funny you mentioned an scifi aspect to the wallet pistol....cause the Narns in Babylon 5 TV show used a hand weapon that you could really believe was inspired by that.