Deluxe Flintlock Blunderbuss
Product Description
Blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel and is the predecessor to the shotgun. The blunderbuss was in use in the 17th century, and is the weapon most commonly pictured in the arms of the Pilgrims. Flintlock blunderbusses were used by Catherine the Great's forces during foreign wars to expand Russia's territory.
The funnel-shaped barrel is not designed to enhance the ballistics of the weapon, but serves to facilitate loading ammunition into the muzzle. This makes it much easier to refill a blunderbuss with shot in situations where this would not normally be possible (as when riding shotgun on a stagecoach speeding down a bumpy road). A blunderbuss can fire multiple balls simultaneously, and generally discharges its entire load at once. This made the blunderbuss the ideal weapon for boarding ships.
This replica deluxe flintlock blunderbuss is circa 18th century. It was an ideal highway/boarding piece. Simulated wood stock.
Features:
Length: 19”
Weight: 3 lbs.
The funnel-shaped barrel is not designed to enhance the ballistics of the weapon, but serves to facilitate loading ammunition into the muzzle. This makes it much easier to refill a blunderbuss with shot in situations where this would not normally be possible (as when riding shotgun on a stagecoach speeding down a bumpy road). A blunderbuss can fire multiple balls simultaneously, and generally discharges its entire load at once. This made the blunderbuss the ideal weapon for boarding ships.
This replica deluxe flintlock blunderbuss is circa 18th century. It was an ideal highway/boarding piece. Simulated wood stock.
Features:
Length: 19”
Weight: 3 lbs.
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