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Herman Brevete: A Pepperbox Hidden in Your Bicycle Handlebars (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2025-04-18 12:00:35 +0000 UTCIn the 1890s, there was a lot of interest in small caliber, simple revolvers for self-defense by cyclists, primarily against dogs. This led to the creation of a whole category of “velodog” revolvers, and a Belgian designer named Herman patented this extension of the idea. It is a 6-shot, 5mm pinfire revolver that is mounted on the handlebars of a bicycle, locked in place and not obviously a gun, but easily removed for one-handed use. Mechanically, it is a simple double-action bar-hammer type pepperbox, but uses in split-pin type of cylinder axis that is unusual and interesting.
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Forgotten Weapons
No, I don;t think so. The rule is that it has to look like a gun when fired, and this does look just like a regular pepperbox. The fact that you can hide it in a bicycle handle for storage doesn't make it a problem.
Andrew Walls
In the US, would this be regarded as an NFA firearm as it is disguised - in the same category as a gun in a mobile phone for example?
EyeBall
Coming to a Cannondale dealer near you!
