PIPE SHOOTS THROUGH ITS STEM (Feb, 1933)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1933
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1933
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PIPE SHOOTS THROUGH ITS STEM
Though innocent enough in outward appearance, a novel type of firearm disguised as a smoking pipe serves as a formidable weapon when it is needed. The gun fires a .25 caliber cartridge. Its stem unscrews for loading, while the bowl of the pipe serves as a magazine for five extra rounds of ammunition. A knurled screw near the center serves as a trigger, and fires the pipe pistol when it is pulled back as illustrated in the photograph above, the user sighting meanwhile along the length of the stem. A German inventor is responsible for the unusual weapon.
Smoking can kill you…
Comment by Rick Auricchio — September 30, 2007 @ 8:51 am
The “barrel” appears to be hovering over his wrist. I wonder how it’s supposed to be held.
And I appreciate your posting a Bond-like device today, as it’s just been announced that Lois Maxwell (who played Miss Moneypenny) has died.
Comment by Blurgle — September 30, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
Saw that in a movie.
A gunsmith has a gun hidden in his pipe.
A gunman laughs at him for aiming a pipe at him.
I think that’s the movie where he befriends
Indians after showing them science tricks.
(Like a silk handkerchif held infront of a gun barrel
is pushed away by the air of the moving bullet.)
The Dude Goes West 1948 Eddie Albert
http://imdb.com/title/tt0040305/usercomments
Comment by jayessell — September 30, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
So what happens when you pick up this pipe for actual smoking by mistake and try to actually light it while there are 5 rounds in the bowl? I suppose I could guess…
Comment by Village Idiot — October 4, 2007 @ 8:12 am
Who needs a swordstick when a pipe-gun is available. One for the Christmas list.
Comment by Lost Soul — November 9, 2007 @ 10:34 am
I’ve seen a color photo of something like this before - see this Belgian site.
Comment by Daggerstab — April 21, 2008 @ 9:58 am