What the heck

[Ozzieman]

Next installment.

 

[GarandTd]

I think that dispenses powder or lead bullets for a muzzleloader..

 

[burrhead]

GarandTd got it. Powder flask and a very nice one.

 

[Old Stony]

I think not a powder flask, but a shot flask for a smoothbore. I think I still have one around somewhere??

 

[Mike Irwin]

Agreed. It's a shot flask, not a powder flask.

That one appears to use dual gates to measure out a very specific amount of shot.

Some of them were even adjustable so that the amount of shot released could be varied.

They could be used for powder, but the traditional use with that kind of mechanism was shot.

 

[Ozzieman]

It is a mid 19 century SHOT flask.
I'm surprised at this one how quickly it was picked out.

 

[Ozzieman]

Next installment
What is it and what country built it?

 

[Ozzieman]

This is a percussion powder testing used during the civil war.

 

[Buzzcook]

That's a Roosian shotgun revolver.

 

[Ozzieman]

Your right Buzzcook except for being Chinese.

 

[Ozzieman]

Next installment
I cut some of it off to make it a little harder.
What is it
optional: within 10 years when was it build.

 

[burrhead]

Buzzcook was right. That revolver shotgun is Russian.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/10/11/ots-62-12-gauge-service-revolver-shotgun/

'Nother link with some interesting "shotgun" handguns.

http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015/03/05/12-gauge-pistols/

 

[Ozzieman]

Not much is known about this break-open single-shot shotgun pistol. It’s supposedly Chinese and presumed to be homemade.

Burrhead, even your web site called alloutdoor says its Chinese.

 

[Ozzieman]

No one got the last one right so its a
Pre WW 2 Diana model 27 air rifle. If I remember correctly it was built around 1927.

 

[Ozzieman]

What in the world
What is its name?
For extra points
What country built it?
When was it built within 10 years?

 

[GarandTd]

Water cannon?

 

[Ozzieman]

No, has nothing to do with water

 

[CowTowner]

Looks like a harpoon launching device. But, you said it had nothing to do with water.

 

[Ozzieman]

And as far as I know was never on a ship

 

[burrhead]

A Williams cannon; Civil War era.