Lot 1011 in the RIA September 2020 Premier auction.
The “Pistol-Carbine” was a pattern offered by the Volcanic Arms Company combining a 16 inch rifle-length barrel with a pistol grip and detachable shoulder stock (it could also be had with an 8 inch barrel). This is the rarest major variations the Volcanic, with only about 300 examples made. This particular one was set up with a telescopic sight around the time of its purchase, although we have no information on who did the work or who owned the gun.
That would be a NEAT setup for a .22lr gun!! Too bad we would never see one. 🙁
Allan, it’s legal to turn a pistol into a rifle as long as the barrel is 16″ like this one.
An amazing piece of history and it’s almost new condition tells me how useful (Not) it was.
Very cool.
Well, one could get away with sticking a scope on a modern Mare’s Leg pistol. And then, as far as loopholes go, there’s the Henry .410 lever-action Axe gun, which is not bound by NFA restrictions as it cannot be stuck in any restricted category! Since it’s a 26.4 inch smoothbore weapon (with the barrel length under 16 inches) designed without a shoulder-stock, it doesn’t count as a short-barrel-rifle or as a sawed-off shotgun, therefore the Feds can’t stop you from owning one unless you’ve been a bad boy. I could be wrong.
I’m sure they’ll think of something if they want to. They’re not super hung-up on internal consistency.
Just put a .22 scope on one of the new Tippmann pistols. Pretty compact, and cool.
With more powerfull rounds, I bet that would have been more usefull… In the period that followed; who knows maybe it was just enough usefull, I wouldn’t like to be shot by it in the head at 80yrds eh, he he. “Underpowered as it is; can’t be healthy, and I bet they’d hit at 80 with this”
Few officers nappas like… Sly shot. Feign injury or such, surrender. Couple of shots; kamikaze like task, probably. Give the General a serious headache… At the least. Then get behind a stonewall.
Pooball; early biological weapon, keep your rounds in “unsanitary” conditions; it will draw blood. So…
That’s a truly steampunk looking gun! I am going to create cosplay replicas of this!
It just occurred to me that if you had a failure to fire, what would keep you from avoiding a double feed when you were trying to clear the unfixed rocket? I guess you could release the magazine spring pressure and dump the loaded rounds
A tactical Volcanic! Tackticool!
Yes, but does the ammo possess the canjones to clear that long barrel ?
Wish that one could talk………….