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billr
02-12-2005, 11:58 PM
Give me the definition of a wheel gun .
thanks
llama.45
02-13-2005, 12:23 AM
a wheel gun is a revolver
wundudnee
02-13-2005, 06:32 AM
Wheel guns. :D
http://www.fototime.com/{15720357-C343-4E26-B313-5456BDA4768B}/picture.JPG
llama.45
02-13-2005, 02:59 PM
thats a very nice collection that u have there sir.
Marlin
02-13-2005, 03:39 PM
Here's one of my favorite wheel guns.
llama.45
02-13-2005, 03:53 PM
that is also a very nice gun
Tony Mig
02-13-2005, 07:17 PM
Here's three of my favorites.....
http://www.picyard.com/main/data/2/95S_W1-med.jpg

S&W 686 4", 686 6", and 617 6"....
Tony Mig
02-13-2005, 07:20 PM
Just to clear the air Bill r, a real gun, or better known as a revolver is also refered to as a wheel gun due to it's cylinder.

Those other things that some refer to as semi-auto's, are known as "bottom feeders"..... :D
Xracer
02-14-2005, 08:18 AM
Bill.....revolvers are called "wheelguns" due to the resemblance of the cylinder to a wheel, but also......

Legend has it that a teenage Sam Colt was crewman on a paddlewheel steamer and got his idea for the Colt revolver from watching the paddlewheel turn. Supposedly he carved his first revolver prototype from a few pieces of wood during his spare time on board.

Whether this is true or not (Sam Colt was great at creating his own legends), that wooden revolver currently resides in the Colt Collection (formerly the Colt Factory Collection) at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford, CT.
llama.45
02-14-2005, 03:32 PM
now tony,surely u can give semi-autos a little more credit
SouthernMoss
02-14-2005, 04:30 PM
now tony,surely u can give semi-autos a little more credit
Nope, Tony's a wheel gun snob, pure and simple. ;) :D :D
punchie
02-15-2005, 02:34 PM
Did someone say something about "Wheel Guns"?

http://fototime.com/5F1109A0E4DD66C/standard.jpgl
Marlin
02-15-2005, 02:41 PM
Nice lookin' passel of wheels, punchie!

:) :)