Laura,
I found a posting from the NY Public Library on this question:
http://ask.nypl.org/archive_detail.asp?questionID=889
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
conservator
Los Angeles, California USA
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From: Deb Arenz <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:53:39 -0500
Subject: Pepperbox definition
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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Phone (402) 471-4780
Fax: (402) 471-3314
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