The below gun is a pretty cool looking modern recreation of an axe gun. The short gun barrel and short axe shaft make both weapons a lot less effective than they could be.
I suspect that the original axe guns were made more for decoration than for war. The armory at Castle Eltz in Germany has a couple of axe guns (scroll down) on display.
[Hat Tip: Reddit]
[ Many thanks to Abraham for emailing me the link. ]
A must have for the Zombie Apocalypse.
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0Wow, it looks so cool and was probably such a bad idea. As someone pointed out, subjecting a gun to the repeated stress of striking someone with the axe head would probably shake something loose sooner rather than later. I kept thinking that the firing pin would come loose and cause a negligent discharge, before I realized that it was a flintlock. The only advantage that I can see is that the added weight of the axehead most likely gave the front of the barrel a little extra stability, and may have worked as a sort of mono-pod, before bi-pods were areound. Of course, given that it is a smoothbore weapon, I don’t think that the extra accuracy did it any good. Probably explains why there weren’t a large number of them produced. Still though, possibly the coolest-looking old weapon that I have seen in some time. This would look amazing mounted on a wood backboard on someone’s mantle.
1 0Awesome! Gigantic! I must buy somthing like this! COOL!
0 0That… is….. AWESOME!!! I so need an axe gun!!!!!!
0 0How well does the firing mechanism stand up to pounding the axe head against an enemy combatant’s head a few times, or chopping up some wood for the evening encampment’s fire?
0 0> Do you need a SBR stamp for that bad boy?
Wow, I think TFB has its own meme now. 
0 0Nanban, LOL
0 0Greetings from Texas,
As the weapon is black powder I don’t think SBR would apply. I would love to add this to the collection. I know the writers would go wild over it. Who makes it?
0 0It’d probably be very weird looking, but I don’t doubt that a more modern axe-bayonet type attachment could be made and utilized. All it lacks is a market.
Personally, I’d want one of those in the black powder era for intimidation purposes if nothing else.
0 0Do you need a SBR stamp for that bad boy?
0 0This kind of thing is very good for werewolf hunting, however not quite optimal for zombie hunting, and useless against vampires… then again no one weapon is good for all manner of potential attackers…
-D
0 0I’ve handled one of these, and I think they would have been more practical than you might imagine. Don’t forget flintlock pistols were best used at close/contact range, and a well-made axe-pistol would let you incapacitate one man right away, before you start swinging what is a very capable and hefty axe.
CQB on-board ship makes a lot of otherwise impractical weapons worth having. Think boarding pikes, axes, the Nock volley gun etc!
0 0This idea makes me think of dwarves, for some reason.
0 0Looks like a very uncomfortable forward grip.
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> Do you need a SBR stamp for that bad boy?
Wow, I think TFB has its own meme now.
Nanban, LOL
A must have for the Zombie Apocalypse.
Awesome! Gigantic! I must buy somthing like this! COOL!
That… is….. AWESOME!!! I so need an axe gun!!!!!!
Greetings from Texas,
As the weapon is black powder I don’t think SBR would apply. I would love to add this to the collection. I know the writers would go wild over it. Who makes it?
It’d probably be very weird looking, but I don’t doubt that a more modern axe-bayonet type attachment could be made and utilized. All it lacks is a market.
Personally, I’d want one of those in the black powder era for intimidation purposes if nothing else.
Wow, it looks so cool and was probably such a bad idea. As someone pointed out, subjecting a gun to the repeated stress of striking someone with the axe head would probably shake something loose sooner rather than later. I kept thinking that the firing pin would come loose and cause a negligent discharge, before I realized that it was a flintlock. The only advantage that I can see is that the added weight of the axehead most likely gave the front of the barrel a little extra stability, and may have worked as a sort of mono-pod, before bi-pods were areound. Of course, given that it is a smoothbore weapon, I don’t think that the extra accuracy did it any good. Probably explains why there weren’t a large number of them produced. Still though, possibly the coolest-looking old weapon that I have seen in some time. This would look amazing mounted on a wood backboard on someone’s mantle.
I’ve handled one of these, and I think they would have been more practical than you might imagine. Don’t forget flintlock pistols were best used at close/contact range, and a well-made axe-pistol would let you incapacitate one man right away, before you start swinging what is a very capable and hefty axe.
CQB on-board ship makes a lot of otherwise impractical weapons worth having. Think boarding pikes, axes, the Nock volley gun etc!
This kind of thing is very good for werewolf hunting, however not quite optimal for zombie hunting, and useless against vampires… then again no one weapon is good for all manner of potential attackers…
-D
Do you need a SBR stamp for that bad boy?
Looks like a very uncomfortable forward grip.
How well does the firing mechanism stand up to pounding the axe head against an enemy combatant’s head a few times, or chopping up some wood for the evening encampment’s fire?
This idea makes me think of dwarves, for some reason.