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To: Gauguin who wrote (49796)	5/4/2000 3:49:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) of 71178

You really need expert advice. The same principle applies to the blunderbuss and the pilgrim's hat. The bell shape of the muzzle of the blunderbuss has nothing to do with shot pattern. Any one can see that the muzzle is for pouring shot in, rather than shaping the shot pattern coming out. The blunderbuss had what the scatter gun people call "an open choke" which didn't knock the outer shot back into the center of the pattern like a tight "full choke" would do. The belt around the pilgrim's hat was to keep the hat from slipping down over the pilgrim's eyes which would actually be quite dangerous since they were armed mit blunderbusen. Everymorning before they went hunting turkeys (which actually, it seems, are late model dinosaurs (I'm not making this up!)), Mrs. Pilgrim would put her husband's hat (they only came in one size -- "too big" on his head and tie a belt around the crown, and pull it very tight until his eyes bugged out enough to correct the myopia induced by too much bible study.) Mr. Pigrim would pour a shot-glass full of black powder (that's where "shot-glass" came from) down the blunderbuss muzzle, and then a shot glass of shot (or black-eyed peas) down the muzzle, and then (holding the gun pointing up) go a-hunting.

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