Lancaster Four-Barrel Shotgun With Double-Action Trigger
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- Charles Lancaster started his gunmaking business in London in 1826, and it would survive more than one hundred years, being run after Charles’ death by his sons and then by an apprentice who bought out the firm in 1878. The company had an excellent reputation for quality, and did some pioneering work on developing the modern breechloading shotgun, as well as interesting technological developments like Lancaster’s oval-bore rifling. One of their most notable products was a series of 2-barrel and 4-barrel handguns, and they expanded the mechanism from those into a small number of 4-barrel shotguns (and an even smaller number of 4-barrel rifles).
This particular four-barrel shotgun is in 20 gauge, and exhibits a unique trigger mechanism derived from the pistols. It has two triggers, with the bottom one acting as a cocking lever and the top as a firing trigger. This allows the shooter to either cock the gun and then make a careful shot with the light upper trigger, or to pull all the way through with the upper trigger, much like a double action revolver. The reason for the system was that the firing mechanism had four firing pins but only one striker, which rotated to fire each barrel in sequence. The “cocking” action of the trigger was in fact the process of retracting the striker and rotating it to the next barrel.
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"So do you want a side-by side or an over-under?"
"...Yes."
This.
You made my day.
Mr. Entropy
Yes.
It’s something Ian would say as well 😂😂😂
You beat me to it.
"It has some basic decorative embellishment to the metal" *Has 4 Damascus barrels*
To be fair Damascus isn't all that hard to make
Ridiculous Damascus. Stunningly beautiful.
Shotgun pistols, triple barrel shotgun, four barrel shotgun, semi and full auto shotgns... But where is my gatling shotgun?
I do believe we will eventually see smoothbore autocannons; Primarily for APFSDS and shaped charges, but it would make canister rounds(like the 120mm XM1028) for them a more attractive option. Or maybe rounds with multiple flechettes, all of them guided to different targets...
cant find a gatling shotgun, but i have found a belt fed one.
Canister rounds for the Puckle Gun?
Look up the movie Split Second with Rutger Hauer. The last twenty minutes of that movie might just be what you're looking for.
GeografoNerd just wait, there's bound to be one sooner or later. Remember the AK Gatling gun?
A weapon that looks like it came from a game mod that is actually practical in real life.
This is definitely proof that realism is subjective.
Reality is unrealistic.
It looks like something out of Warhammer fantasy, the Dwarven gunners. They also have six-barreled muskets.
It's not impossible, but it doesn't seem terribly practical or safe.
This is in Destiny. It's called the Fourth Horseman. Though... I don't think it's a shotgun.
Uhh actually it originally came from Phantasm II, a film from 1988
And the mod you're referring to is themed around Russia?
“I see your three barrel Chiappa, and raise you a four barrel Lancaster”
“Fold”
Matt Hayward there’s a new 18.5” Chiappa Triple Threat with a standard wood stock and I hear tell of a 14” coming to stores in Canada soon. I’m looking forward to the 14” for fishing and just regular old shooting crap in the woods.
John-Paul Silke There is something about the Triple Threat that just put a smile on my face when ever I see one. I imagine it would be great fun to shoot!
I had the Triple Threat, it was fun to shoot. I ended up trading for a Garand. Funny thing, I bought that Triple Threat off GunBroker, and I have never seen another priced for what that one was...it was $950 buy it now. I think that was a mistake, because they are usually about 4-500 more than that. I traded for a pristine Garand though, but wouldn't mind having another Triple Threat, they are pretty cool with the way the stock can be shortened.
This Lancaster...wow. I don't have the scratch to even compete in that auction. I'm sure it will fetch a hefty bundle.
@@john-paulsilke893 hmmm.... interesting. I have seen the Charles Daly triple honcho models (pistol grip, but still 18" barrel) of the Chiappa here in the States. I haven't seen a 14" barrel version though. Here, one of the classification criteria is a 26+" overall length w/18+" barrel. There are various ways around that, but they typically involve the price tag getting substantially bigger.
However, i do recall an interesting auto loader from SRM Arms that had a rotating 4-chamber magazine that stacked 3" shells 4-deep. Every 4 shots you would manually rotate the magazine to the next chamber for a total of 16 shots. Now, i mention this because it came in models with progressively shorter barrels. I think it came in 18, 14, & 10" barrel models that had 16, 12, 8 shot capacity magazines respectively. It was an interesting system. I think i saw the review of it on Hickok45, & it appeared to perform quite admirably. It wasn't pretty though, in my opinion. Kind of that tactical sci-fi movie kind of look that seems to be in fashion these days ;)
There’s a newer model available up here, I was going to buy it but $2,000 or roughly $1,500 US.
Model: Triple Threat
Caliber: 3" 12 GA
Action: Break Open
Feeding: Manual
Barrel: 12.5" Chrome Lined Bore
Trigger System: Single Mechanical, Firing Sequence (Left, Right, Top)
Front Sight: Fixed Brass Bead
Safety: Top Tang Button Safety
Finish: Matte Blue Barrel and Receiver
Stock: Checkered Walnut stock
Weight: 6.5 lbs
*Includes Break-down soft touch hard case
This one doesn’t break down into a mares leg because it would be shorter then 26” OL as it’s already 30” OL.
...so I shot him with both barrels.
Twice.
😂👌
In two seconds
K
even death may die
Some say if you shoot this gun you can hear DOOM music from a far.
*RIP & TEAR*
m.czcams.com/video/hzPpWInAiOg/video.html
*BFG Division intensifies.*
Somebody get me one of these
in that avenue, there is a new weapon in the recent update in Killing Floor 2 called the Doomstick which is a quad barrel shotgun.
I stopped thinking I knew much about firearms history after I started watching this channel a couple of years ago. Another wonderful firearm I had never heard of or imagined. Thank you sir for bringing this out for us to see!
I would love to try to import this into Australia just to give the authorities a headache over how to classify it - we're (broadly) allowed lever shotguns but not pumps or semi-autos... but this has four barrels...
Not really as it'd be a nightmare of paperwork, but that's certainly an interesting gun. My brain can't decide if it's like a double-decker side by side, or two over & unders next to each other.
James Healy Wouldn’t it be a 2x2?
Kennedy's Locksport and hoop snakes
How did you write a comment 2 weeks ago when the video is only 1 hour old?
He's one of the very few and selected ones...
Ken Morgan Patreon supporters see it all early.
The DoomSlayer would cry at this magnificent Creation!.
yeah !
nah he'd probably snatch it out of someone's hand and run off with it
"I need a gun that can blast someone to hell and back *4 times* "
*gunsmith: say no more*
This is really amazing, double-double-shotgun! And, look at the quality of it being manufactured! An excellent example of gun producing workmanship.
Metro 2033 memories, the mighty duplet with extra barrels
EX09X8 is it odd that I remember this more clearly in last light than in 2033
James Ice my favorite shotgun in last light will always be the saiga12, the only prewar shotgun.
Keith's tech To be honest I played last light first then read the book then the first game
EX09X8
I prefered the Auto Shotgun.
In vanilla 2033, the Shambler (revolver shotgun) was a waste of ammo. Far too weak. Not gud enuf 4 Git Gud mode.
The Duplet was much better overall. Not only was it more powerful, but you could also sell it whenever you had the chance, because you would almost instantly find another one. For the same reason, you could swap it out at any time if you needed something else.
-'Sir, do you want your gun to be over-under, or side-by-side style?'
-'Why not both?'
LOL, snort!
Ralph Reagan bruh that was such a shitty comment, even i feel bad for the the guy you replied to
They'll probably give you a diagonal double barrel
Weight
And I am looking at the Damascus barrels and drooling.
leighrate nitro proofed Damascus so you don’t have a butt pucker when you shoot modern higher pressure rounds, (well high pressure for a shotgun that is). Looks like a great birding gun, I wonder what chokes it has.
John-Paul Silke Given the guns age, and bearing in mind that those are wound wire Damascus barrels I would be extremely conservative about what I put through it. Butt Puckering has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Incidentally guns do go "out of proof" as a consequence of either: Excessive use, modification or simple age. Besides I would want to shoot it, but I wouldn't want to be the one who blew it up.
We had a single back in the day that was Damascus including strangely parts of the breech face. It failed at the face and vented backwards into the stock and cracked it. (Nothing too bad but........). In any case the softer metal can separate from the harder metal and blamo you done broke the gun, although unlikely anything catastrophic. If I shot it I would load light and only do path walking and birding at a casual pace whilst wearing traditional English hunting gear, (don’t really want any partridge or brush fowel but it would’ve a Hell of a good time).
Doomslayer:*HEAVY BREATHING*
The grain on the stock is beautiful
Now we just need a modification that fires all four barrels at once, and we'll be ready for when the demons invade Mars.
Doom music intensifies
Just shoot it at the ground and there you go, you're Mars
KF2 Doomstick: "Grandpa, is that you?"
Yup,
Proceeds to blast a scrake out of exsistance
@@Acorn212 kir be kos mamant , khahar kosteh kone
In case you didn't know who made this, you can find the company logo here, here, here, here, over there, AAAAAAND here
xSkyhawkx wouldn’t you stamp your name all over that beauty?
Never expected to see a 4 barrel shotgun outside of movies and games, but this is pretty nice.
I love shotguns, but that wall of Tommy’s behind you is cool as all get out
"You'll only get four shots!"
*looks at him with a raised eyebrow* "fortunately I will only need four!"
Auctioneer: going once.. going twice... AANNND SOLD! To the stranger in the green suit.
(Doom Slayer walks up, drops a large bag with gold coins and jewels, and takes the shotgun as BFG division plays).
Why do I see doomguy buying this and sawing off the barrel and stock to make a quad barrel super shotty
Ah the old Lancaster pistol video is up to this day one of my favorites on the channel. Really quite remarkable guns that you do not hear much about methinks.
That is so freaking cool! I love multi-barreled weapons and this has to be one of the best I've seen. Fires one barrel at a time with absolutely no chance of chain firing. Gah! That is sweet as hell.
Groovy.
This... is my BOOMSTICK!
Grinder Sin "there are many like it, but these four are mine"
Actually, I believe they are all smooth bore barrels.
I see what you did there
So the people behind Project Brutality 3.0 were not drunk when they thought "Hey, lets put a 4 barrel shotgun in our doom mod." it actually exists, cool. :D
aLPha tONic I think they never caught on in real life because “eat multiple barrels” tends to relieve the shooter of feeling in his/her/its shoulders if you do it with more than 2 at once.
@@lyokianhitchhiker the actual reason is because barrels are really freaking heavy. You'd take about 5 pounds off this thing if you sawed off about 4 inches
EHW2 My point still stands. Take it from someone whose friend owns a quad-shotgun IRL, you won’t feel your shoulders for a month after blasting 4 barrels.
Uhh Complex Doom actually did it before Project Brutality did iirc
That, is the most impressive weopon i have seen on this channel so far. The trigger mechanism is cool as hell, i can't believe it works so smoothly. As for the craftmanship, well....beautiful.
Think I just found the weapon for the Army of Darkness sequel
The term of the day is: Excessive Force!
... is always the right amount of force.
Out school excessive force 😜
only if you unloaded all 4 barrels on one person
Fabian Bertl I got that reference ;)
@@RalphReagan Who you're gonna unload on a person? This gun is obviously made for hunting, not home defense.
somehow I knew he would basically call out chiappa triple threat. and I honestly looked into getting one but now it looks like ill be shelling out 10x the money for one more barrel
What a beautiful gun! the build quality is amazing.
That was very very cool, i loved it so much thank you for showing us.
I can see why they put the patent mark was on bothside. The work that goes in to this thing undeniably made it a showpiece as well, just the artist making sure his signature is seen.
Napon Y. No, got to have that
S Y M M E T R Y
That really is a nice shotgun that goes beyond double barrel or triple but still looks sophisticated and elegant enough to make not feel like you´re going for overkill.
The 4 barrel aspect aside, that is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship
Very nice! I've seen many multiple barrel drillings..combo shotgun and rifle! Beauties for sure!
I just love the pattern welded barrels!
Super cool shotgun! I love the trigger mechanism! :)
thanx again. i love things with rotary actions.
The action/trigger design is very clever👌🏽
Brandon roberts Based on Tranter's double trigger patent.
That is a fine piece.... Really nice piece of craftsmanship.
4:00
I was expecting: "On the rear tang, it says it again!"
Beautiful gun it is, thanks for showing
Three's a trio, four's a team, beautiful gun
Dude, imagine a Judge Dredd like lock on it, that forces the user to only shoot all 4 barrels at once, unless you have the owner's fingerprints
The jeweling on those barrels is so incredibly beautiful. It must’ve taken ages!
It’s called Damascus steel. I believe it’s achieved by rapid cooling of the barrels when they are forged, commonly done by dropping the hot barrels in a cooling agent.
Excellent review! Detailed and professional! The only thing that bums me out is the under-trigger opening lever.. seems a bit heavy, I could be wrong. I will still try it tho
Very nice thank you for showing it on you tube have a good night 🙂
Out of all the guns I’ve watched you go through, this is the most desirable for me. I want to put on my tweed coat and take on some partridge with this.
I already feel like a Brit carrying this gun in the field.
Cool, basically it's a Pepperbox shotgun. Thanks for the video, and you always do interesting presentations.
That's an exceptionally cool trigger.
*_Too Many Super Shotguns_*
of course, and Russian Overkill
I see you are a man of culture as well
Thank you for great vids! You do a great job!
Did you ever see Heckler & Koch P11 multibarrel underwater pistol?
Over 1100 likes now and not even one dislike! NON! Wow! That's something I've never seen before on CZcams.
It speaks volumes about Ian's likability and information value of his videos.
You can just call this one "the 420" haha.
Wow. That is one supercool find. Neato.
Good video I never know about 4 barrel shotgun before.
Doomslayer: wants to kill me
Me: want two of these?
Also Doomslayer: Rip?
Also me: AND TEAR
Also also doomslayer: HydroPyro has entered the team
That was a fascinating gun, thanks for the review Ian. I was wondering, why did a design like that never make it in the long run? Was it because it was just a little impractical?
Someday you should make a video on the evolution of the Thompson submachine guns, (I noticed them in the background) similar to what you did with the sturmgewehrs. The tommy gun is one of my favourites so I am a little biased, but I think the video for it would be really cool.
Absolutely beautiful laminated barrels. Truly superb craftsmanship to hang on your wall. Never shot an old gun with a laminated barrel because it just might ruin the gun when the barrel delaminates. Of course you might be feeling rather blue as well.
Beautiful stock.
Awesome video Ian. This gun only needs a hand crank and a couple more barrels and then you have yourself a "gatling shotgun"!!
The pattern in the barrel steel is beautiful.
That's a beautiful shotgun.
Awesome! I need 47 of those to keep living on! Just one question... Do the recoil kick of firing the 4 barrels is enought to leave your shoulder at de center of your back?
That thing is impressive!
I imagined it to look silly but its acually quite beautiful!
Dice please
(great video Ian, beautiful gun!)
Im not sure what that pattern is called but that damascus barrel is super nice
Wow that firing mechanism is really neat
"Charles Lancaster started his unmaking business"
Well, I suppose Shotguns can be used to unmake birds.
Or demons.
cool. Thanks a lot for sharing. :)
What a nice shotgun
4x the shotgun = 4x the fun
Lovely shotgun with all 4 in gorgeous Damascus .
Beautiful gun
Just beautiful
beautiful gun.
That is a very beautiful firearm.
Looks like a broom.
I want one!
Wow, that gun is beautiful. :)
A beautiful shotgun.
Love the jelly roll damascus.
What a beautiful gun
What a great trigger, I could see even double action revolvers benefitting from that.
10/10 would hunt with! That is a beautiful piece
Awesome! A 4 barreled shotgun. Now all I have to do is wait for the Tall Man to show up in my hometown.
Russian Overkill mod
or any good doom mod that adds a quaddie
can i shoot four of these at once
This make my day lol.
@@Dracologist Almost all of the sprites they use is that one with a skull in a middle of barrels that almost is decade old 😄
One gun? Not enough
Ten guns? Not enough
Million guns? Still far from enough
A really beautiful gun
That Russian Overkill Doom wad. Secondary fire brings up four of them at once on all 4 corners of the screen. Love it! :^)
Beautiful
I want this, looks so cool
Now that is an interesting gun indeed.
"It's not a holdout weapon; it's a pathfinder"
Impressed me.
Imagine firing all those 4 barrels in one with birdshot(soo many pellets) ammunition
And just for question: where can i get one of theese
you sadly can't since they're not in production anymore.
Oh my God, this is an actual thing! Whaaaaat!
Coolness ^_^ sawed-off version will be badass