Spanish or Italian combination gun-spear with retractable blade, four barreled, 18th century AD
Spanish or Italian combination gun-spear with retractable blade, four barreled, 18th century AD
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16804781
some weapons are forgotten for a reason
32 0 ReplyAnd then there is this weapon, forgotten for being too cool to be remembered.
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31 0 ReplyLooks like it could be used as a shoehorn as well.
18 0 Replyfinal fantasy inspired
18 0 ReplyLooks like one strong swing would've made the bullets and powder charges go flying out the barrels without being fired.
10 0 ReplyShoot first.
Don't bring a knife to a gunfight where you already brought a gun to a knifefight wait there's oh God it's a knife gun or a gun knife just shoothim I already did ok stab him ok
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Wait, how can you have a flintlock upside down? All the powder would fall out.
10 0 ReplyI believe the frizzen, under IDEAL conditions, keeps the powder in the pan until the lock ignites it. Wouldn't want to bet my survival on it though, lmao
11 0 ReplyAs a reenactor, maybe on paper, but it doesn't even hold the powder in when you jog.
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That must be very point heavy
5 0 ReplyIt's called the "What could possibly go wrong?"
5 0 ReplyI think we forgot this as a means of psychological protection.
6 1 ReplyI see the good hunter wasn't just a dream
5 0 Reply4 0 ReplySteampunk as fuck man. Love it.
3 0 ReplyJust as a thought experiment because it would be terribly impractical:
what if this weapon was meant to be swung?
3 0 ReplyMace seems to be the best most effective use.
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