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[[Image:NockVolleyGun.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Nock Gun - .52 Caliber.]] | [[Image:NockVolleyGun.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Nock Gun - .52 Caliber.]] | ||
The Nock gun, also known as the Volley Gun was a seven-barreled flintlock smoothbore firearm | The Nock gun, also known as the Volley Gun was a seven-barreled flintlock smoothbore firearm produced briefly by the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. | ||
'''Specifications''' | '''Specifications''' | ||
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==Television== | ==Television== | ||
* [[Daragh O'Malley]] as | * [[Daragh O'Malley]] as Patrick Harper in ''[[Sharpe's Company]]'' and subsequent episodes of the ''Sharpe'' miniseries. | ||
* [[Pete Postlethwaite]] as Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill in ''[[Sharpe's Company]]''. | |||
==Video Games== | ==Video Games== | ||
* [[Lance Henriksen]] | * [[Lance Henriksen]] as Thomas MacGruder in ''[[Gun]]''. | ||
[[Category:Gun]] | [[Category:Gun]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Barrel Firearm]] | [[Category:Multiple Barrel Firearm]] | ||
[[Category:Rifle]] | [[Category:Rifle]] | ||
[[Category:Flintlock]] | |||
Revision as of 20:24, 27 October 2010
The Nock gun, also known as the Volley Gun was a seven-barreled flintlock smoothbore firearm produced briefly by the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Specifications
- Barrel length: 20 inches (508 mm)
- Cartridge: .52 inches (13.2 mm)
- Action: Flintlock
- Rate of fire: Seven rounds per discharge, reloading rate variable
- Muzzle velocity: Variable
- Effective range: Variable
- Feed system: Muzzle loaded
The Nock Gun aka 'The Volley Gun' has been seen in the following used by the following actors:
Films
- Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie in Alamo, The (1960)
Television
- Daragh O'Malley as Patrick Harper in Sharpe's Company and subsequent episodes of the Sharpe miniseries.
- Pete Postlethwaite as Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill in Sharpe's Company.
Video Games
- Lance Henriksen as Thomas MacGruder in Gun.