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2. Blunderbuss - Wikipedia

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   A French blunderbuss, called an espingole, 1760, France Musketoon, blunderbuss and coach gun from the American Civil War era. The flared muzzle is the defining feature of the blunderbuss, differentiating it from large caliber carbines; the distinction between the blunderbuss and the musketoon is less distinct, as musketoons were also used to fire shot, and some had flared barrels.

3. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   However, 4 gauge was sometimes found used in blunderbuss guns made for coach defense and protection against piracy. The .410 and 23 mm are exceptions; they are actual bore sizes, not gauges. If the .410 bore and 23 mm diameters were measured using more traditional means, they would be equivalent to 67.62 gauge (.410 bore) and 6.278 gauge (23 mm ...

4. Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss - Wikipedia

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   The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss [3] (simplified Chinese: 连珠铳; traditional Chinese: 連珠銃), also known as "Lianzhu Huochong" (连珠火铳), [4] was a kind of breech-loading, smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock, [5] invented by Dai Zi (戴梓), [6] a firearms expert in the early Qing Dynasty, in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674).

5. Musketoon - Wikipedia

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   Various muzzle loading arms, to scale; number 8 is identified as a blunderbuss or musketoon (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1910) The musketoon is a shorter-barrelled version of the musket and served in the roles of a shotgun or carbine. Musketoons could be of the same caliber as the issue musket or of a much larger caliber, 1.0–2.5 inches (25 ...

6. Dragon (firearm) - Wikipedia

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   A dragon is a shortened version of blunderbuss, a firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dragons were typically issued to dragoon cavalry , who needed a lightweight, easily handled firearm to use while mounted.

7. Lela (cannon) - Wikipedia

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   Lela rambang or jala rambang is a type of lela, made from brass, with blunderbuss (flared) muzzle which fired slugs or stones. They are also called lela mulut katak (frog-mouthed lela). [3]: 95 [8]: 209 Lela always had a tube cast in the back, in which a wooden handle or tiller would be fitted.

8. Talk:Blunderbuss - Wikipedia

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   1609 blunderbuss Lewis and Clark Expedition [ edit ] It is misleading to say a 1609 blunderbus is of the type used on the Lewis and Clark Expedition because the expedition predates 1809 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1101:8A40:9DCF:5D03:12D4:1A81 ( talk ) 03:31, 12 February 2021 (UTC) [ reply ]

9. Arquebus - Wikipedia

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   17th-century arquebus at the Château de Foix museum, France. An arquebus (/ ˈ ɑːr k (w) ə b ə s / AR-k(w)ə-bəs) is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.