A New repoduction of The NOCK Volly Gun !!!

[Puffer]

A New repoduction of The NOCK Volley Gun !!!

The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-to-ship fighting, but was limited in its use because of the powerful recoil and eventually discontinued. It became well known through Sharpe's Rifles  television dramas, & books.

A Very GOOD Friend of Mine (& Sir Michael ) PETE SHEERAN  [pic 2] has just finished His New repoduction of The NOCK Volley Gun    According to Pete, 1 final thing is left = FIRING some VOLLEYS  - But that Must wait for a while  ( extreme  Fire Danger in His region    [BTW = the bbl.s have been "proof tested]

[Doc Nock]

I Do NOT think I'd want to be on either end of that bad boy!

[BEAVERMAN]

Pete does some fine work, hope he brings it to Monroe this year!

[Bigsmoke]

I see it was proof tested, but are they regulated?  (that's a joke).
Caliber?
Seems like he built a 4 bore wall gun a ways back.  I thought that was pretty cool.
And Doc, personally, I would love to give that Nock gun a test firing.  There are a whole lot of pounds of scrap iron on the front of that gun (the barrels) that should hold it down pretty good.

John (Bigsmoke)

[BEAVERMAN]

I see it was proof tested, but are they regulated?  (that's a joke).
Caliber?
Seems like he built a 4 bore wall gun a ways back.  I thought that was pretty cool.
And Doc, personally, I would love to give that Nock gun a test firing.  There are a whole lot of pounds of scrap iron on the front of that gun (the barrels) that should hold it down pretty good.

John (Bigsmoke)

John, don't know what bore the wall gun is but it takes a 1&1/8" diameter ball

[Ohio Joe]

Pete does some fine work, hope he brings it to Monroe this year!

When he test fires that Volly Gun he may set a new record for arriving at Monroe in record time...

Seriously, that's a piece of workmanship for sure!  Just the other night I watched an episode of Sharpe's Rifles with the "Volly Gun" in it... 

[Hank in WV]

Would love to see a video of him shooting it.

[Spotted Bull]

I want to shoot it!

[Puffer]

The barrel assembly consisted of a group of six, 19 13/16 inch long, .52 caliber barrels, grouped around a seventh center barrel. The vent arrangement allowed all barrels to fire at once. The breech end of each barrel is marked with a crown above crossed scepters and three ramrod guides hold the steel ramrod. In 1787 another one hundred of these guns were produced for the Ordnance.

[Bigsmoke]

Jack, Any idea what that thing weighs?
Can you imagine what a squad of fellows equipped with those guns could do?  WOW, quite some carnage.
My guess would be that was used mainly in boarding another ship.  Would think it could be fatal to a mast if three or four guys let loose on it at once.
That bottom picture is pretty cool.

John (Bigsmoke)

[Mule Brain]

That is really neat, remember seeing one in the Alamo 1960

[Nessmuk]

That's exceptional recall. I always thought Richard Widmark (Jim Bowie) was carrying a Multi-barreled shotgun in that movie. Shame on me for not looking closer, I've probably watched it 50 times.

[Puffer]

Jack, Any idea what that thing weighs?
Can you imagine what a squad of fellows equipped with those guns could do?  WOW, quite some carnage.
My guess would be that was used mainly in boarding another ship.  Would think it could be fatal to a mast if three or four guys let loose on it at once.
That bottom picture is pretty cool.

John (Bigsmoke)

weight of 12-lbs & used in the rigging or fighting tops.

[Oldetexian]

Would love to see a video of him shooting it.

 

 I agree with Hank! I want to see the video of that gun being fired. Not sure what it might cost....but it doesn't matter. It will definitely be worth the price of admission...

[Nessmuk]

I can't imagine climbing the rigging toting that 12 lb monster, let alone firing it while on a rope.