Combination guns are notable for two things: their impracticality and being just about the raddest weapons ever invented. It’s the idea of trying to solve two tasks with one one tool, and doing both poorly.
One of my favorite sayings is “there are no bad ideas in brainstorming”. It applies perfectly to early gunpowder weapons, when every idea was tried. Combination weapons take this a step further with “wouldn’t it be cool if we combined melee weapon ‘x’ with gun type ‘y’”. The joke of the brainstorming quote is there were obviously MANY bad ideas.
My personal favorite:
Pukka’s comment that inspired me to start this thread:
A video on a gun axe. It’s a dog lock, so technically a pre (true) flintlock
If anyone has any other images, or actually own any, please share.
One of my favorite sayings is “there are no bad ideas in brainstorming”. It applies perfectly to early gunpowder weapons, when every idea was tried. Combination weapons take this a step further with “wouldn’t it be cool if we combined melee weapon ‘x’ with gun type ‘y’”. The joke of the brainstorming quote is there were obviously MANY bad ideas.
My personal favorite:
Pukka’s comment that inspired me to start this thread:
A video on a gun axe. It’s a dog lock, so technically a pre (true) flintlock
If anyone has any other images, or actually own any, please share.