We know almost nothing about Mr. W.B. McCarty beyond this fact: In 1909, he was granted a patent for a revolver concept in which the cylinder was oriented in a direction perpendicular to a ...
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 pistol.