Star Trek Flintlock Episode

[blackpowderscout]

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This episode deals with a primitive tribe at the farthest reaches of space who are dealing with the acquisition of Flintlock muzzleloaders by their enemies...LOL!!!

The locks are very odd looking when you finally get to see one up close but other than that the guns look alright.

 

[tenngun]

Yeah the klingons gave the other side flintlock,then rifles and percussion funs.Funny the klingons,lightyears away used guns just like Fess Parker used

 

[Archie]

So, now the question is: Did the Klingons use the flintlock because it was part of their history or did they use it to "thumb their nose" at the federation being an invention of Earth and seems the Federation is being controlled by the Government of Earth? To me it only makes sense that the Klingons used the flintlock because it was part of their history which means the invention of the flintlock is universal. Then there is the clear message of geo-political power of the cold war.

 

[Rev_William]

I just figured its what they had in the prop dept. to keep the show within budget.

 

[flintlock75]

Just look at the Star Wars movies, the sand people in several movies used flintlock Jazils, typical middle eastern long guns.
Flintlocks are the universal weapon for all people. Right now in a far away galaxy there are people trekking through a hostile wilderness with there trusty flinter in there hands.
"May the Flint be with you"

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

If I remember correctly the locks were one piece plastic and the barrel had a hump forward of the lock a sure sign it was a re worked Trapdoor Springfield. Of course I could be wrong I have not seen this episode in years.

 

[blackpowderscout]

Could be. The one good up close view of the lock was obviously a non-firing lock. Plastic? Something. It was pretty ugly though. But there are several scenes with actual firing ones. To my untrained eye these didnt look like anything but cheap, fullstock muzzleloaders.

 

[Big John]

Ammo. is cheap in outer space....60gr. of moon rock powder and a large Tribble and your good to go! :rotf:

 

[Billnpatti]

Good old Buck Rogers disproved this scenario way back in the 30s and 40s. He proved that even in the most primitive backward planets they had ray guns. Good old Buck, he, like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, etc., wouldn't lie to us young'uns. If he said they all had ray guns, then they all had ray guns and you can take that to the bank. :haha:

 

[Archie]

And Hans Solo carried a modified broomhandle mauser. I want to know how to convert the renegade to fire photon torpedoes. "Set your flintlocks to stun!!" What if the aliens look like giant squids? How would a flinlock look if all you got is octapus arms?

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Lets get down to Brass tacks......Do the Klingons have better flint on Klingon then we do on earth? Could the replicators on the Enterprise make Klingon flint? Pre chipped? :grin:

 

[tenngun]

I've killed a nauga(just for the hide as I don't eat nauga)I doubt there is anything in the universe thats as hard to kill as an angry nauga :haha:

 

[Archie]

I've eaten a nauga, well not the whole thing. It's akin to eatin manatee nose but more.... well, nauga-ish. I had to soak it in aquafortis for a week then blush out the grain of the meat in a 5000 degree blast furnace. Then boiled for 2 hours in a mixture of 35% gasoline, 50% 3F black and 15% lard but they say crisco will work just as well. The hard part of the boil is not lettin the powder dry on the side of the pan. Anyways, after splosion we drove the two miles to pick up the nauga and it was a real pain diggin it outa that corn field. Never did find that pan. Ma was hot about that for over a week. She loved that pan. It was the one she used to get pa's attension when his hearing horn went missing. Anyhoo that nauga was just plum nasty. Ended up usin the rest of the meat as an elephant repellant. Must be workin cuz aint seen an elephant in Minnesota since we started usin it. :idunno:

 

[Robert Egler]

:rotf: :rotf:

 

[Billnpatti]

Yeah, fresh Nauga is just too tough. I have found that road kill Nauga is best. Look for the flattest Nauga you can find. One that has lain in the road for days and been run over many times. Sort of like what we used to call sail cats. A sail cat was one that had lain in the road for days and was mashed flat and well sun dried. You scrape them up and you can sail them just like a frizby. That's the ideal Nauga. You pick out any gravel and wash off the grit then cut them up with a hatchet and use them to season your beans. Only down side is that they give a funny tang to your farts.

 

[Archie]

Since when are farts a "downside" of anything? Ok, let's be careful here, we don't need this fart issue to run loose. Parhaps we should be silent on farts? Afterall, they could be deadly.

 

[Archie]

Now why didn't I think of the sail nauga? Coulda saved all my spare tar paper and duct tape for the new garage instead of rebuilding the kitchen wall. Not to mention Ma's pan. Pa did find his hearin horn, he forgot he used it to change oil in the combine. Now every time he uses it he gits a slug of 15w40 in his ear. Can't say his head aint lubricated. When Sven Olafson come over an saw the kitchen wall he aksed why I didn't use nails an boards. Until he saw the sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi riding that donkey, all he did was shake his head and say "well, what donchyaknow?"

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

Klingon flints! I thought it was bad getting them from England or France!