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A pepperbox by Allen & Thurber, one of the most common American designs A mid 19th century four barrel Russian pepperbox revolver. The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a revolving mechanism.
Since ordinary-shaped rounds are inaccurate and have a very short range when used underwater, this pistol fires steel darts underwater or traditional bullets above water. [2] [1] It has five barrels, each of which is loaded with a cartridge, giving the gun a pepper-box appearance, and it is electrically ignited from a battery pack in the pistol ...
The Remington Zig-Zag Derringer, or "Pepper Box", originally termed "Elliot's Pocket Revolver", was made 1861–1862 with fewer than 1,000 manufactured. [ 1 ] Design
Dungeons & Dragons used six attributes (there were brief attempts to add a seventh, Comeliness, in Unearthed Arcana and Dragon magazine, but this was short-lived [4]). The six attributes used in D&D are: "Physical" statistics. Strength - measuring intimidation, physical power and carrying capacity; Constitution - measuring endurance, stamina ...
Drawing of an Apache revolver Deleaxhe Apache pistol 7mm. The Apache operates on the principle of a pepperbox revolver using a pinfire cartridge and incorporates a fold-over knuckle duster forming the grip and a rudimentary foldout dual-edged knife. [3] Due to the lack of a barrel, the revolver's effective range is very limited.
This Jacob Rupertus should not be confused with another Jacob Rupertus (1827-1900), who also lived in Philadelphia, but was not involved in gun manufacturing. This Jacob Rupertus was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria sometime around 1822 or 1823 and died in Laurel Springs, New Jersey , on February 14, 1921.
It was a modernised version of the pepper-box pistol popular in the early-mid 19th century. [4] Unlike these earlier guns which had percussion cap ignition, the Lancaster was chambered for the more modern brass cartridges. [3] The unique oval rifling also enabled it to fire .410 shotgun shells. [5]
This adventure involves finding an ancient goblin artifact. It is a 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure placed within the Eberron Setting. [5] 2–5: 978-0-7869-5017-1: Dolurrh's Dawn ― February 2012: Received as a reward for a charitable donation to the Reach Out And Read organization. [6] [citation needed] – Khyber's Harvest ― June ...