I am Josh Ostrowercha and I
will be writing this blog to tell the world about some ideas that DID exist in
the world of firearms and military weaponry but failed either because of
malfunctions, them being impractical or just not catching on. These firearms come from all over the world
from the years 1858 till 2010 and all are very original in design. Each of these guns could have changed the
industry of fire arms for ever but the fact they never became popular leaves us
with only a few remaining versions, or in some cases only designs for these
guns.
The things I am going
to cover on these designs and ideas are the functionality and efficiency of the
weapon for its era, its practicality and price (if possible), and the reason it
failed. After that I will give the weapons a rating and my own personal opinion
on what I think of the idea and if I think something like this, maybe a more modern
version, would work today.
Like I've mentioned
before the guns range from mid-1800’s like pepperbox guns, to the civil war and
the Winans steam machine gun, WWII and a few Nazi experimental artillery pieces,
and even in 2010 with the Armatix smart systems iP1. I will be writing about eight or nine blogs
in total and depending on feedback I might continue past that. My next blog will be about the volcanic pistol
and rocket ball ammunition, an amazing idea from the mid-1800’s to give
repeating firearms a practical projectile. If you have any comments or questions I will
do my best to get back to you ASAP. Thanks for reading, keep checking back for
updates and remember, if you have an idea for a gun design bouncing around in
your head, it probably won’t be as bad as some of these.
Finally the blog I was looking forward to all this time!! Can't wait to hear about the guns you pick to talk about! Plenty of failed designs to choose from, especially those that were made during world war two..Very interested in gun topics so hurry up and post some more aha!
ReplyDeleteHi Josh. This seems like a very interesting topic. I am personally not a gunman and I don't have a very big interest in firearms... However, I have shot guns many times and I must say it is really, really fun! I'm excited to see what you have to say throughout this blog. I am interested in anything from the past, so any segments on older guns from the 1800's will catch my eye!
ReplyDeleteEdison never failed he said he discovered 100 ways not to make a light bulb but only one way to make it work. I'm sure the 100 ways not to make guns can't be entertaining as well as hilarious. Can't wait to here the ways people walked the line between genius and insanity.
ReplyDeleteThis blog will most likely be the one I will be spending the most time on out of all of the blog of the class. I can't wait to see what you think about some of the failed designs, you have plenty to pick from, there are some many designs that don't even make sense.
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