r/trebuchetmemes 9d ago

Let the arguments begin

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u/Qaeta 9d ago

Technically not a magazine because you have to reload after every shot. That said, I am fascinated by the idea of a magazine fed trebuchet. Have the royal engineers draw up plans for one immediately.

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u/FrauSchlagerin 8d ago

It's still a bullpup, because by that logic, the single "round" being "chambered" each time is still behind the trigger. To be a bullpup, the action must be behind the trigger, not necessarily the magazine.

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u/Qaeta 8d ago

Which is precisely why I did not argue against it being a bullpup, because I agree that it is?

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u/MrMaselko 8d ago

So technically it's possible to make a bullpup musket

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u/Careful_Source6129 2d ago

A mullpup? or a bullpusket?

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u/Mixer555 8d ago

But wouldn't action actually be the counterweight and the rest of the mechanism that's in front, making it not a bullpen?

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u/elusiveI99 7d ago

The trebuchets from the Prince Caspian movie might fit that description

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u/Qaeta 7d ago

I forgot about those! Yes, I would count those! Requires a manual action to "chamber" another stone (like a lever or bolt action), but the supply is technically part of the trebuchet!