Doomsday Rifle Shoots 21 Different Calibers

Given the drawing, I wonder how the BTAF will classify this thing - what with pistol and rifle calibers....

Dial-a-gun has never really worked before....

 

Yes you can punch a live primer out of a round I have done it plenty of times. I have never tired it on a crimped promer round, so that might not work.

 

I don't even understand why it has a barrel, because it can only be the size of the largest caliber bullet (45?) so unless the revolver chambers have a bit of rifling this will be about as accurate as a blunderbus.

Also, a bit of a pet peeve of mine is referring to cartridges as calibers. A caliber refers to diameter, so a 30-30 Winchester, 308, 30-06, and 300 WM have the same caliber, but are different cartridges. As soon as I read an article where the writer uses incorrect terminology I immediately have doubts as to the accuracy.

 

I worded it incorrectly above - ^^^ is exactly what I meant.

 

I realise that you were referring to the linked blurb's description of the weapon's description as a 'rifle', YD, but the article's author is just a tad extravagant in describing it as such. A pistol with stock....is still a pistol (perhaps stretching the description to it being a pistol/carbine might possibly be justified....but even then, its a contortion.) I doubt that the Luger could be described as a rifle...

How useful the 'Doomsday Rifle' might actually be is debatable. It's main asset is that it might be useful for using ammo / reloading components (acquired by barter / scavenging / purchase) for weapon cartridges / calibres that are not part of one's battery of weapons.

The unfortunate thing with this particular weapon platform....it has neither the benefits of a rifle, nor the benefits of a pistol....which seems to be the inevitable fate of many pistol carbines.

 

Agreed - it's neither fish nor fowl. I'd have to wonder about the weight of packing all those cylinders around that may or may not have utility. I figure during SHTF if I "found" ammo I didn't normally use it would come with the weapon that fires it after someone else failed to kill me with it.

 

For sheer survival hunting use, a good break-open action with multiple fitted barrels may be more practical.
Shotgun calibers, pistol calibers, rifle calibers - all using one basic action. Each would have it's own regulated sights.

 

Well there is that Blazer D99 Trio drilling rifle with 3 barrels, 1 for shotgun, the other 2 different rifled barrels.

 

That front hand is awful close to that Claymore mine called the cylinder gap. I'm going to pass.....

 

Like a Thompson contender.