James Puckle (1667- 1724) was an English Inventor, Lawyer and Writer. He is remembered for his invention called the Puckle Gun. Often thought of as the first machine gun. It looked like a revolver and was a single barrelled flintlock weapon with a multi shot revolving cylinder mounted on a stand and capable of firing upto 9 shots per min. The barrel was 3ft long and it had a bore of 1.25ins. a pre loaded cylinder holding 11charges and could fire 63 shots in 7mins.
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