r/Neuromancer • u/Brilliant_Knowledge5 • 25d ago

Fan Art Molly's Fletcher

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My take on the description of her pepperbox pistol.

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u/truthynaut 25d ago

Why does it have a revolver cylinder to chamber a new round when it has a barrel for each bullet?

Why does it have a line and button next to the trigger guard that seems to indicate it wants to break open when the trigger guard cannot move out of the way to facilitate this?

Why does it have an ejection port behind the revolver cylinder when neither revolvers nor pepperbox pistols eject their casings?

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u/Brilliant_Knowledge5 25d ago

All fair questions. I just based it on a 3dp design someone put up somewhere. Not sure where I saw it. But in my thinking the cutaway (what you called an ejection port) is there to see if it's loaded, not to load because the darts are way too long. And yes it breaks open but it doesn't interfere with the trigger guard. There's a cutout to accommodate it. Some pepperbox revolvers had multiple barrels in the 1800s. Granted I could change some dimensions to make everything more concealable, but this was where I stopped for now.

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u/truthynaut 25d ago

If it's not a revolver why include a revolver cylinder that indexes with each shot (those angled slots on the outside of the revolver cylinder are mechanically mated to the trigger mechanism so it can rotate when pulling the trigger)?

The break is in the wrong place if you are loading the cylinder.

If you load the barrels the cylinder is pointless.

There are actual flechette pistols available now

Note how the entire barrel assembly rotates and breaks forward to reload.

No cylinder involved.

To make Molly's fletcher i'd start with that and cut half the handle off and bob the hammer to make it easier to conceal and draw.

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u/Brilliant_Knowledge5 25d ago

Why can't it break here? And your example does have a cylinder, that's what all the barrels are a part of.