50 Years Ago This Month...
...a mad scientist/gunsmith inventor obtained a patent for a new kind of gun, which was basically a double action revolver with open cylinders, which were fed by a magazine. The empty cases were ejected like a semi-automatic. Later that year, he also obtained a patent for the ammunition to feed his bizarre hybrid gun, introducing the word "tround" to the esoteric vocabulary of gunny folk everywhere.
The inventor was named Dardick, as was his new gun.
Labels: guns, innovation, science
posted by Matt G @ 4:15 AM
10 Comments:
Do not mock the Tround! Long live the Tround!
P.S.: "As versatile a a a six-armed monkey"?
Yeah, those are so handy to have around. I got mine at Recombinant-DNA-R-Us down the road.
Just think -- a six-armed monkey and a football...
I've never heard of it before. Truly unusual. Thanks for the info and the link!
Shopkeeper: Hi. How can I help you?
Customer: Need a box of trounds. You got any?
S: Sure. You want the .22 or .38?
C: Uh, the .38 High Speed?
S: I have some, but, is your Dardick the all-plastic or the Helium-weight model? The Helium isn't rated for High Speed.
C: Oh, mine's the full-weight plastic model. The Helium is handy to carry, but it's only as versatile as a THREE-armed monkey. . . .
I remember when those came out; my dad thought it was the ugliest gun he had ever seen, and predicted it would fail terribly.
FWIW, my word verification is the sound made by a six-armed monkey: "wmrrmg"
If someone wants one, I found one on the internets for about $2400 ... complete with an extra .22 conversion barrel, and exactly one tround.
I used to maintain a list of all the Science Fiction "B" movies where the Dardick pistol was used as a prop.
I would like to know if you still have that list of movies at hand
Hi John B.
Do you still have that Dardick movie list?
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