Original 1896 Nepalese Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Bira Gun - As Seen on History Channel Pawn Stars

Original Item: Only One Available. This very Antique Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Nepalese Bira Gun was featured and test fired on an episode of History Channel's Pawn Stars in 2015. You can watch it on the episode below:  Invented by General Sri Sri Sri Maharajah Gehendra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1871-1905) the Bira Double Barreled Quick Fire Rifle was a copy of the American Gardner Gun. In Martini-Henry .577/450 caliber fed from a double stacked 120rnd pan magazine (like a Lewis Gun) the weapon was fired by a crank handle not unlike the American Gatling Gun. Interestingly, however, it required cranking backwards (counter-clockwise) which the Nepalis considered more efficient; to "pull" than to "push". These remarkable weapons were developed in Nepal in 1896 and 1897 just after Great Britain opened the flood gates with gifts of "modern" military hardware in 1894. Constructed of plate steel festooned with large rivets, the receiver and wheeled mount resemble the constructi