by Geezer on Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:34 am
Yes, that's Floyd Stephens' repeater. Actually I saw two examples, the pistol and a longer, stocked model. Both were crafted almost entirely of aluminum, and his work was very clean. Except for a few oddly placed screws, you might have thought they were production models. As I said earlier, at least one of these bows was used in an action/adventure movie filmed in the Philippines, about the same time as the patent was issued. Floyd had replaced the spanning-handle with a soft fabric strap, so the actor could span the bow with his teeth (yeah, really) Needles to say, for the film, they used a light, 75 lb. prod. His stronger, carbine model was fitted with a 125 or 150 lb. Barnett prod... I don't recall which. Anyhow, the machine was quite workable. The only drawback I saw was the very short darts... those would certainly disappear into a target and have to be dug out. Anybody else who needs photos, drop me an e mail. Geezer. iolo@crossbows.net