Charles Beyle's Six Shotgun

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In the Museum of the Prefecture of the Police of Paris is stored an amazing exhibit. This is one of those instances of pistols, looking at which you never cease to wonder what different directions designers went in to ensure not only multiply charged, but also compactness weapons.

Quite a lot of these weapons appeared at the end of 19 - the beginning of the 20 century, when gunsmiths were looking for ways to secure market demand for reliable and effective self-defense weapons.



Charles Bayle, commodity broker, 26 July 1879 received the first French patent number 131971 for a multi-shot pistol. The weapon was pompously described as Beyle’s pocket machine gun.



The gun of Charles Beyle consisted of a brass frame in which the trigger mechanism and the barrel unit were fixed.



The frame of the pistol was hollow, so that parts of the firing mechanism were visible and did not protrude beyond the frame dimensions. That is what provided the minimum thickness of the weapon and the ability to covertly carry it in a pocket of clothing or luggage.

Charles Beyle's Six Shotgun


The barrel unit was a rectangular metal plate in which 6 channels of barrels with chamber were machined. The barrel unit is hinged in the frame of the gun and in the combat position is held from rotation by a special spring-loaded lock located in the lower part of the frame.



On the left side of the frame there is a marking in the form of an alphabetic text “BTE SGDGPS”, as well as an image of a rhombus.



In the cavity of the handle is placed ramrod-extractor screwed into the bottom of the threaded hole of the frame. On the bottom of the gun is the serial number "265" and the marking in the form of the letter "D" with an asterisk.



The most original in Charles Beyle’s pistol was the firing mechanism, consisting of a trigger and blocks of percussion mounted on the axle. During the reciprocating movement of the trigger, its lever through the ratchet rotated the camshaft on which the impactors are fixed.



Drummers located opposite each chamber of the barrel unit, alternately cocked during rotation of the camshaft. When the drummer retreats to the extreme rear position, he strips off the sear (a special notch) and strikes the primer under the action of the coil spring. When the trigger is pressed again, the camshaft rotates further, and the next drummer hits the primer of the next cartridge. So consistently, the 6 shots occurred.



To remove the cartridge cases and equipment, the barrel unit turned on its hinge. The pistol of Charles Beyle is designed for firing 5 caliber mm central ignition cartridges (5 mm PC French), which were fairly cheap and fairly common in France and Belgium.



The safety of Charles Beyle’s pistol was ensured by the position of the camshaft. When the position when all the cams are perpendicular to the axis of the channels of the barrel unit, the weapon can be stored in your pocket without fear of accidental firing.



The absence of the side plates of the frame made it possible to visually control the position of the parts of the firing mechanism, clean and lubricate the weapon and reduced the size and weight of the pistol. Charles Beyle’s gun had a total thickness of 9 mm, a total length of 145 mm, a height of 65 mm and a weight of 295 grams.



On the pistol with the 108 serial number, not only the frame, but also the block of barrels is made of brass. The surface of brass is nickel plated.



Later, Beyle proposed a slightly modified version of the pistol, in which the barrel unit was folded down on the axis, and the trigger mechanism was located above the trigger. 3 August 1880, the designer received another patent number 138093 for the second version of the gun, which had more traditional features. The receiver unit has become a two-row 4 chamber in each row. The trigger mechanism and the handle also changed somewhat.
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  1. avt
    +3
    18 July 2014 08: 56
    Hm! Or maybe it's easier to use it as brass knuckles? Good article good + What just do not come up with.
    1. +2
      18 July 2014 09: 23
      By the way, yes, it reminds brass knuckles. here it was possible for the designer to modify his miracle unit.
      1. +1
        18 July 2014 12: 56
        Yes, an interesting design, including a lock similar to a typewriter, but he is a broker what!!!
  2. 0
    18 July 2014 09: 27
    In this example, you can clearly see how any idea can be complicated and brought to absurdity. The idea of ​​the author of this miracle samopal went in a very winding way.
  3. +2
    18 July 2014 10: 08
    Thanks to the author for the work! And about the absurd, it’s not absurd, but a search. The idea of ​​the need for a multi-shot quick-fire weapon is clear, and the embodiment is continuous steps into what has not been completed. So they searched actively. And you are absurd.
  4. +1
    18 July 2014 11: 55
    yes ... a rare instance! And probably worth a lot of collectors.
  5. Andrew 58
    +2
    18 July 2014 12: 37
    Fortunately, people will never stop reinventing the wheel!
    1. padonok.71
      0
      18 July 2014 14: 15
      Or not fortunately?
  6. padonok.71
    +2
    18 July 2014 12: 43
    Quote: 505506
    it’s not absurd, but a search

    Very correct. We are now aware of many types of automatic multiple-charge weapons. And then this was not anything. There was a search. Let these "squeaks" seem ridiculous to us now, but it is thanks to them that we have all that "firearm" to which we are so accustomed and which we love so much.
    PS: and which, probably, is close to its "technical maximum".
  7. +3
    18 July 2014 15: 06
    The progenitor of a furniture stapler? winked
  8. +1
    18 July 2014 18: 42
    An interesting model, however, and, for sure - the memory of brass knuckles coils.
  9. +1
    18 July 2014 20: 27
    Judging by the almost complete absence of the barrel and caliber, it has a firing range like that of a brass knuckles.
    And in General, a magnificent specimen, skeleton and extreme minimalism.
  10. Fedya
    +3
    18 July 2014 20: 58
    Here is Kisa, what can I do from a Singer sewing machine .....
  11. Solaris
    0
    19 July 2014 21: 43
    Cool, maybe give it to Obama ... something for sure, if what ...
  12. 0
    22 July 2014 19: 27
    Oooh ..! )) Class ..!))

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