My New Blunderbuss

[torn moc]

I call that view " The Complaint Dept"
...just speak into the funnel please.


Alden...I used to have one exactly like yours!
I am sorry I let it slip away........
Aint No way I'm gonna load this 4 bore with a stout load,,,,,,,a normal 12 load will work fine fer me !

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

That is just plain cool. :thumbsup:

 

[Darkgael]

I picked up a BB some years ago. 12 gauge and a 14 inch barrel. It is, as already noted, a hoot to shoot. The most remarkable part of that is the short barrel. When the thing fires, it is all right THERE, in front of your nose.
Don't be surprised if the gun patterns tighter than you expect. I have only patterned mine with buckshot at 10 yards and the pattern was about the size of my wide open hand, maybe a bit larger.... about what you would expect at 10 yards from a cylinder choked gun.
Contrary to popular belief, the bell does not affect pattern size; its function is to make the thing easier to load on a platform that may be moving, like a stagecoach in the borderlands of Scotland or on the deck of a ship.
Pete

 

[nit wit]

I found one 8-10 years ago advertised for 125.00.I loaded it up with around 200 grains or more of powder and a few buckeyes. Used one hand, pointed it straight up and pulled the trigger. :mecrazy:When it went off it was trust downward twisting with my finger in the trigger guard. :shocked2: My right hand was sore for a long time. One of the reasons I'm called
Nit Wit

 

[torn moc]

:blah: hahahaha....I once fired both barrels of an antique front stuffing WH HAMILTON 12 ga at once...

* * *wont do That again * * *

 

[torn moc]

Since this Blunderbuss has a ebony Black stock...I have decided to call her
* * * * Dark Star * * * *

here is a vid of a Blunderbuss at the skeet range.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6rRsx5QR04

so its evident the shot pattern will reach out a bit !

 

[Wes/Tex]

"Bloody 'ell...and the bayonet if you miss! :haha:

 

[plastikosmd]

Agree, they can surprise u.

Mine came with a customized grenade sight that mounts to it and a slug mould for shooting longer ranges for a hoot.

Nothing like pulling it out and setting up on the bench at the gun range!

 

[Alden]

Ain't that somethin' too Plastic!

 

[Greebe]

Those are very cool. Can you even buy these new or in kit form now days? I just ordered a rifle kit, but one of these looks like it would be fun some day.

 

[Woodyrock]

I the mid to late sixties, I built a number of these from Dixie kits. I was selling them as fast as I could build them. I stamped the barrels with 'Woodside'.
A real nasty load is one 1/4 pound box of carpet tacks. During this time, I had visited the Netherlands, and discovered Blundebusses were still in use as trespasser deterrents. They were set up in wee dog house looking enclosures with three trip wires, and loaded with tacks. The tacks were considered to be non lethal loads.
Woody

 

[rickystl]

What a cool looking Blunderbuss/Musketoon !!
:bow: :v :thumbsup: Rick. :hatsoff:

 

[plastikosmd]

Thank u

It is fun