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And without ANY barrel you have a "pepperbox revolver". As a kid, I read a "science" fiction book about a land inhabited by upright-walking alligators. Those beasts were armed with large caliber pepperboxes and hand grenades...the author had made a point that these were far superior to shotguns available to humans in the same area.
Just what kind of tech limitations would produce a set-up where pepperboxes and double-barreled shotguns would co-exist with elevators, telephones and not much in the way of any transportation? Maybe I am reading too much into kiddie books...
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