yep that's hiram maxim - trademark hat and white beard - he was a hell of a salesman as well as an engineer. That's obviously a very early model working with black powder instead of post 1890? depending on the country smokless powder. The effectiveness of the maxim would have been much less if not for smokeless powder, wonderful little clip. Thanks for sharing
Hiram Maxim went largely deaf deveping and refining his designs. His son developed and patented the first silencer to combat premature hearing loss from gunfire.
It was actually first used in combat in 1887 against the 'Yonnie' tribesmen in West Africa.
Well the gun you see here is not simply a "Maxim gun" its a Maxim Nordenfeldt 1895 the first maxim gun had a much smaller water cooling
yep that's hiram maxim - trademark hat and white beard - he was a hell of a salesman as well as an engineer. That's obviously a very early model working with black powder instead of post 1890? depending on the country smokless powder. The effectiveness of the maxim would have been much less if not for smokeless powder, wonderful little clip. Thanks for sharing
Hiram Maxim went largely deaf deveping and refining his designs. His son developed and patented the first silencer to combat premature hearing loss from gunfire.
Thanks, skygazer8989. I'm surprised the footage still exists; its over 100 years old.
Did you notice that the ammunition is not 'smokeless'?
Yep black powder
Yea i noticed that.if you have any more footage i would like to see it. Its kind of cool to see family history
Awsome Footage!!
Is Sir Hiram a relative of yours?
he's not white is he, cause his name and his apperence seems middle eastern
he's not white is he, cause his name and his apperence seems middle eastern