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To: haqihana who wrote (49814)5/1/2000 6:27:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
I'd written a long post about the blunderbuss earlier and THOUGHT I'd posted it. Oh well.
My theory is that the blunderbuss looks so quaint and dated that it is much easier to use as a symbol than the long rifles, matchlocks perhaps, that the Pilgrims used for their serious killin.



To: haqihana who wrote (49814)5/1/2000 9:20:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<Gauguin, Those guns were called "blunderbusses">>

And the reason they were splayed at the muzzle was for faster reloading. I've seen cylinder bore guns that put more shot into a 30 yard target than modified bores because of less deformed shot.

<<As for the belts on the hats, you're on your own.>>

The hats were all built way large. The belts pulled them down to the user's size. Like the nubs and holes on todays gimme caps.


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