Irish guns?

[tom in nc]

I apologize with all my heart but you will find that instead of editing my original post I admitted that my first post was a typo. What more can I do to make it right?
I don't know, and didn't say that he owned a gun, just wondered what he could have owned in 1640. Please excuse me.

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

Tom you made the correction clear way back...no one in the world is perfect and can never make an error or two, or more like me! Not a big deal! You are a rare one with that very early American heritage....so proud!

 

[Sam squanch]

My ancestors stowed away on the Mayflower. They were caught and made to row the last 100 nautical miles to America. After stealing and eating the first thanksgiving dinner, they were driven out into the wilds of Missouri, where I , the proud descendant of frontier hooliganism, reside…

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

My ancestors stowed away on the Mayflower. They were caught and made to row the last 100 nautical miles to America. After stealing and eating the first thanksgiving dinner, they were driven out into the wilds of Missouri, where I , the proud descendant of frontier hooliganism, reside…

Sam...when your ancestors were excommunicated for absconding with the first thanksgiving dinner (they were most likely famished after 100 miles of rowing the Mayflower), did someone at least offer to drive them to Missouri in a comfortable 4 wheel drive a/c vehicle...I'm sure the highways were undergoing construction in many spots and complete with chug holes...or did they have to thumb all the way...also did they have enough shekels to stay in decent motels ? How does it feel to be a descendant of original Pilgrims? I'll bet you were a hero to your American history teachers!

 

[Sam squanch]

I was definitely NOT a hero to any of my teachers.

 

[Malamute]

I was definitely NOT a hero to any of my teachers.

You too huh?

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

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what in the world is that. lol

 

[Malamute]

what in the world is that. lol

A potato gun. Muzzle loading.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

A potato gun. Muzzle loading.

Dang gone. Aint never lol. How does it fire?

 

[Malamute]

Dang gone. Aint never lol. How does it fire?

Quick tutorial

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Quick tutorial

Wow. Thanks for sending bud.

 

[Malamute]

Wow. Thanks for sending bud.

Ive known of them, but that looks like a bit of fun actually. Mostly harmless....

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Ive known of them, but that looks like a bit of fun actually. Mostly harmless....

That things looks like it would knock the lard out of something

 

[Malamute]

That things looks like it would knock the lard out of something

I suspect theres been at the very least feelings hurt with potato gun wars by younger individuals.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

I suspect theres been at the very least feelings hurt with potato gun wars by younger individuals.

Looks like it would put a bruise on the unlucky person on the recieving end. Lol

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

In some states it will get you locked up for fabricating...

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

In some states it will get you locked up for fabricating...

Oh dang. Didnt know that. Thanks for sharing

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

what in the world is that. lol

Woooowwwww.

It’s a spud gun.

 

[Celt5494]

My 8th great grandfather came from Ireland to Queen Anne's Parish in Virginia in 1540. I'm wondering what guns would have looked like in his homeland. Anybody know of a information source on Irish guns prior to 1600? Thanks.

As a fellow potato digger I suspect for most of them it would have been something like this:

 

[nagantino]

As someone else has pointed out, the very early settlers would not have been Irish in the sense that most people mean. They were English sent to Ireland, many as soldiers, and who were rewarded for their service by being “given” the lands of the native Irish. I have never heard of a gun from that early date, later Dublin had several gunsmiths but not early.