Nice show piece! Wildly inaccurate, underpowered and impractical, but damned cool looking.
For those who aren't black powder nerds; By the time you pour the powder and tamp a patch and ball in there, you got a half-inch of smoothbore barrel. Not nearly enough runway to get complete combustion, let alone aim with the tiny field of view (forgot the word I want). Bet money you couldn't hit a 3' target from 10 feet. LOL, balls coming out sideways!
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vettnerk@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y
For when his target wasn't an adult, but three kids in a trenchcoat.
PugJesus@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Get all three with one trigger-pull!
shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Nice show piece! Wildly inaccurate, underpowered and impractical, but damned cool looking.
For those who aren't black powder nerds; By the time you pour the powder and tamp a patch and ball in there, you got a half-inch of smoothbore barrel. Not nearly enough runway to get complete combustion, let alone aim with the tiny field of view (forgot the word I want). Bet money you couldn't hit a 3' target from 10 feet. LOL, balls coming out sideways!
Anyhow, I want it.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That is the most french gun I have ever seen.
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
So, that's a three barrel... flintlock? Is that a selector on the side? How does that work?
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I don't think we needed the "AD" bit, mate :)
PugJesus@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
2556 AUC
fosiacat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
thats amazing!
PugJesus@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
It's a gorgeous piece; apparently, he got it as a gift when he was 'First Consul' of France.