To guard against light trigger pulls and keep tear gas rounds where police officers loaded them, these unique revolvers came with large manual safeties.

With a large cylinder designed to rotate perpendicular to a normal revolver's, it's no wonder this bizarre concept was never produced.

The "Bigot" was a dart-firing M1911 .45 caliber pistol intended as a way for commandos to quietly eliminate sentries – although we are not sure what advantage it might have had over a silenced ...