Real shooting Blunderbuss

Posted October 15, 2007 in Shotguns by Steve Johnson with No Comments
Tags: Blunderbusses, history, photo, photos, shotgun, shotguns

A blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel which discharges lead shot upon firing. It is the predecessor to the shotgun.

The term blunderbuss is of Dutch origin namely donderbus, a combination of the Dutch terms donder (thunder) and bus (gun).

From Wikipedia

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