I have a question for museums that have firearms collections and use
Chenhall's Nomenclature to classify their firearms.

How do you define the object name "Pepperbox"?  In reading some general gun
literature, I gather that some gun experts define a pepperbox as a revolver
with more than one rotating barrel that are fired separately.  Others say
that the barrels don't need to revolve, but must be grouped around a central
axis.


Laura Mooney
Museum Registrar
Nebraska State Historical Society
P.O. Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68510

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