Another crude Home Guard weapon of 1940 was the ad hoc Northover Projector which looked like a "Drain-pipe on a tripod" (as it became known)! Made of a simple barrel and uncomplex charging handle that once cocked set up a simple firing pin to be driven forward to ignite a cap that set-off a black powder charge that could throw a crude grenade hopefully up to 200 yds (possibly 300 for max. effective range). A slightly more elaborate version was designed by two members of the Buckinghamshire Home Guard. They produced a Northover 'Revolver' Projector which had a five-chambered revolving magazine. Each of the chambers was loaded from the front, the magazine was rotated using a ratchet lever, operated by hand. As each chamber came in line with the barrel, the trigger self-cocked and then just had to be fired. This projector weighed 86lb and could easily be operated by two men.

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