{"id":51932,"date":"2019-12-27T02:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=51932"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:00:25","slug":"the-puckle-gun-repeating-firepower-in-1718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/12\/27\/the-puckle-gun-repeating-firepower-in-1718\/","title":{"rendered":"The Puckle Gun: Repeating Firepower in 1718"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPC7KiYDshw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 25 Dec 2016 <\/p>\n<p>Want a sweet Puckle Gun shirt? Check out the new Forgotten Weapons merch store: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons&#038;redir_token=gRpORxoi5vxPSgxm5kN1cNrvKAN8MTU3MTg3Nzg1OEAxNTcxNzkxNDU4&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=GPC7KiYDshw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Puckle Gun is probably best known as that thing that had round bullets for Christians and square bullets for Turks, but there is much more to it than just that (and in addition, the square bullet version was never actually built). James Puckle designed it in 1718 as a naval defensive weapon to help British vessels fight back against Ottoman pirates using fast and nimble small boats that could not be effectively engaged with large cannon. Puckle&#8217;s gun was a 9-shot repeater of about 1.25&#8243; bore on a flexible swiveling mount which could easily track the fastest marauder.<\/p>\n<p>The Puckle is basically a manual revolver, but its firing mechanism incorporates some clever functionality to allow a fast and smooth rate of fire. The gun was demonstrated in public in 1721 (after being turned down by the Royal Navy) and fired 63 shots in 7 minutes &mdash; quite the feat at that time! The only sale appears to have been a private purchase of two guns for an expedition to the West Indies, however.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Institute of Military Technology for allowing me to have access to this magnificent piece and bring it to you! Check them out at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instmiltech.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.instmiltech.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-27-The-Puckle-Gun-Repeating-Firepower-in-1718.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 25 Dec 2016 Want a sweet Puckle Gun shirt? Check out the new Forgotten Weapons merch store: http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230; http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow The Puckle Gun is probably best known as that thing that had round bullets for Christians and square bullets for Turks, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,5,663],"tags":[1055,1366,49,30,468],"class_list":["post-51932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-history","category-military","category-weapons","tag-artillery","tag-forgottenweapons","tag-guns","tag-navy","tag-piracy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-dvC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51932"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53771,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932\/revisions\/53771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}