Comments on: Ancient Pirate Gun Is Reclaimed from Sea (Jun, 1934)

By: -DOUG-

-DOUG- — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:25:02 +0000

“Todd is suggesting I can take a lot of work out of my play by just firing one shot off of the punt gun.” Or at least I THINK that’s what he said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7FeeamC4qk

That video is from the ‘Pirate Edward Owens’ hoax, if you know that story. If you don’t, it’s one example of how you can find out about anything on Wikipedia, and some of it will even be true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Owens

By: Woof

Woof — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:59:38 +0000

Its a punt gun used for wildfowling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun

By: benvenuto

benvenuto — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:18:02 +0000

I think the gun on the left is a fake or has been doctored at some stage. I have been studying antique spanish arms for 10 years, I have never heard of or seen an example of a fowling gun with a barrel over 60 inches long. Spanish fowling pieces DID have long barrels though, 44 inches would have been a minimum.

By: JMyint

JMyint — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:17:59 +0000

Well optimal barrel length is determined by the diametre of the projectile and the speed at which the powder burns. Larger projectiles need longer barrels and slower burning powders need longer barrels.

The article states the Spanish settlers believed that to massively long barrels would help but in reality after about 30 or 40 inches the barrel was a detriment to range.

The gun on the right is a common type of piece mounted on small boats and ships rails up until the 19th century.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:41:38 +0000

this can’t be true, it’s inpractical. The longer the barrel doesn’t translate into any advantage.

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