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Blunder Buss

thorniousthornious Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
I am not even sure if this is the correct name for it. I have only been able to locate two online and they are both sold. If anyone has any info on where to find one I qould appericate it.rich
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  • oneshyoneshy Member Posts: 417 ✭
    edited November -1
    Tried blunderbuss on my search engine and all kinds of sites came up from replicas to original Persian. Try www.antiqueswords.com for some very interesting ones in the $1500-$2000 range.
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  • rhmc24rhmc24 Member Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are looking for a flint lock piece with shoulder stock and bell mouth muzzle about 12 to 15 inch long, that more or less describes a blunderbuss. Try website ken-drake.com and send him email or phone if what you want is not pictured. Hope this helps.
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  • s.guns.gun Member Posts: 3,245
    edited November -1
    Why were they made with that Bell Mouth?
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  • bigbossmanbigbossman Member Posts: 154 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Blunderbuss was the forerunner of the shotgun. It was often loaded with chopped sheet lead ( before the shot tower was invented to form round shot pellets) nails, gravel, or just about anything else which could be dropped on top of the powder chrge. It is the original English "Coach" gun as it was often used to to defend the master's wealth and family against highwaymen a la Dick Turpin. There existed a "Spring gun" version which was used against poachers. It was mounted on a swivel stake and was set up in an area frequented by poachers, with three or four long wires strung out from it in different directions. When the poacher came along and tripped over the wire, the gun swung in that direction and unloaded a large amount of unpleasant material along the wire which was pulled on. Most of these weapons were flintlock, although I have seen some at the gun shows which were converted to percussion caps. Some had fold-out bayonets under the bell mouth. Unless you wish to pay the premium prices for these items at an antique gun show, you will probably have to do some assembly. Dixie Gun Works used to sell kits for blunderbusses, and they still do sell the parts. They can be found at www.dixiegunworks.com, and they are the largest supplier of things blackpowder-style that I know of. Connecticutt Valley Arms, aka CVA, also used to offer a kit for these. The barrels in these kits were polished brass, and ran usually about .75 caliber for the solid lead balls made for a tower flintlock-type rifle or pistol. You would have to seat the barrel and lock into the stock, which was or is rough cut and needs finishing work and staining, etc. Let me know how you make out-hope this helps you. You can probably tell that this items is something I have studied a bit.......
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