Combo hand gonne matchlock & boarding axe

[Flint62Smoothie]

Only shot it once, 75-caliber, with serpentine, pan, and pan cover. Can't decide whether to hang it up on the wall or sell it ...

Or maybe … just keep for the ‘collection’?

 

[cyten]

Only shot it once...

Being an axe, you only have to shoot it once... before just using the other end

 

[rickystl]

As a gun/axe combo, this is the best looking one I've seen. Very cool.

Rick

 

[PathfinderNC]

It just doesn’t seem too practical of a weapon to be used in the mayhem of close quarter combat… keeping the thing lit while swinging it about in a maddening frenzy must have been ever so challenging for the nice man.
Plus, think of the fire hazard of that thing presented with its burning wick on a wooden ship or in a crowd.
Geez

 

[TobJohn]

It just doesn’t seem too practical of a weapon to be used in the mayhem of close quarter combat… keeping the thing lit while swinging it about in a maddening frenzy must have been ever so challenging for the nice man.
Plus, think of the fire hazard of that thing presented with its burning wick on a wooden ship or in a crowd.
Geez

Considering galleys were powered by human misery, I don’t think safety was a high priority yet.

 

[Keyhole]

How much sir?

 

[The Miner '49er]

Flint, is that a more recent mod to a plain jane handgonne or is it in the condition as made way back in the day? If it's original, from what period of time? That seems like a mod that could easily be done. Very interesting to me.

 

[Dismount]

Only shot it once, 75-caliber, with serpentine, pan, and pan cover. Can't decide whether to hang it up on the wall or sell it ...

Or maybe … just keep for the ‘collection’?

where the heck did you get that contraption ?????

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

It just doesn’t seem too practical of a weapon to be used in the mayhem of close quarter combat… keeping the thing lit while swinging it about in a maddening frenzy must have been ever so challenging for the nice man.
Plus, think of the fire hazard of that thing presented with its burning wick on a wooden ship or in a crowd.
Geez

In PRACTICAL use, one would shoot FIRST & then start swinging AFTERWARDS …

 

[rickystl]

If you hang it on the wall, a bit of authentic looking match cord will add to the display. IMO

Rick