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Harmonica Pistol
At the end of the 19th century, roughly between 1859 and 1862 years, a French inventor Jarre (AE Jarre) has received several patents for weapons much. US patent was filed in 1873. As used in this time hairpin cartridges, due to the protruding pins of the cartridges, creating difficulties for their centering relative to the shock of the hammer in a multiply charged weapons. Jarre decided to make a horizontal block the chamber, which houses the cartridges. In fact turned deployed in a horizontal line drum.
Due to the fact that the chamber unit in appearance very much like a harmonica, the weapon was called gun Harmonica (Harmonica Pistol or Harmonica Pistol Jarre).
For a quick outfit pistol cartridges are specially constructed cage. To eject shell casings were used to shoot hand-held cleaners.
The trigger mechanism of double-action pistol. At the next trigger cocked feeder moves from left to right cartridge unit, substituting a new cartridge for firing. The gun can fire as a preliminary squad hammer or DA mode.
Horizontal block the chamber moved in a horizontal plane relative to the frame and a stationary gun barrel. Gun barrel of circular cross section, the base of the octagonal rigidly fixed in a frame. At the top of the barrel there was a fly in a vertical bar, sometimes ending in a ball. Frame with the trigger guard. Cheeks wooden handle attached to the handle with screws.
Between the barrel and breech frame in a special figure slot located block chamber. Blocks of the chamber were made at six, eight and ten charges.
Top, centering stud cartridges, cartridge chamber cover of the guns in this model opens on a hinge, fixed on the left. On the right latch. Caliber 9 mm ammunition used hairpin. Gun Barrel length 114 mm 3.
Marking gun serial numbers is performed on the frame and block the chamber, sometimes on top of the trunk loaded text «JARRE A PARIS»
Due to the fact that the chamber unit in appearance very much like a harmonica, the weapon was called gun Harmonica (Harmonica Pistol or Harmonica Pistol Jarre).
For a quick outfit pistol cartridges are specially constructed cage. To eject shell casings were used to shoot hand-held cleaners.
The trigger mechanism of double-action pistol. At the next trigger cocked feeder moves from left to right cartridge unit, substituting a new cartridge for firing. The gun can fire as a preliminary squad hammer or DA mode.
Horizontal block the chamber moved in a horizontal plane relative to the frame and a stationary gun barrel. Gun barrel of circular cross section, the base of the octagonal rigidly fixed in a frame. At the top of the barrel there was a fly in a vertical bar, sometimes ending in a ball. Frame with the trigger guard. Cheeks wooden handle attached to the handle with screws.
Between the barrel and breech frame in a special figure slot located block chamber. Blocks of the chamber were made at six, eight and ten charges.
Top, centering stud cartridges, cartridge chamber cover of the guns in this model opens on a hinge, fixed on the left. On the right latch. Caliber 9 mm ammunition used hairpin. Gun Barrel length 114 mm 3.
Marking gun serial numbers is performed on the frame and block the chamber, sometimes on top of the trunk loaded text «JARRE A PARIS»
