Talk:Pistol/@comment-29466044-20160806005523/@comment-26536672-20160806043620

I think this was discussed before, and was generally inconclusive, though I would say no. The bullets they fire are clearly centerfire cartridges, which need only a spring-loaded firing pin. Another key hint would be the presence or absence of a flintstone pressed up against the wheel (used to ignite the nonexistent flashpan), which is rather hard to discern. Perhaps a frame-by-frame analysis of a shot could ascertain whether or not the wheel produces a telltale spark against the flint that may or may not exist, though I don't recall one ever occuring.

If I had to hypothesize, I would say the wheel is part of whatever weird loading system the pistol uses to fire two consecutive cartridges without reloading.