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Austrian Flintlock Blunderbuss

Quality:
Nearly Flawless
Availability:
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Item #:
CA-22-1231

$69.99

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A blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel and is the predecessor to the shotgun. Most of these weapons are mid-sized, being smaller than most shoulder-fired arms, but larger than a pistol. Although fitted with a butt, the dimensions suggest that most were not really intended to be fired from the shoulder and were instead fired from the hip.

The compact dimensions of a blunderbuss would facilitate use in small spaces (e.g. on a ship, or in a house) and would also make storage easier. For those requiring an even smaller weapon, blunderbuss pistols were also produced. The funnel-shaped barrel (either round or elliptical) is not designed to enhance the ballistics of the weapon, but serves to facilitate loading ammunition into the muzzle.

This makes it much easier to refill a blunderbuss with shot in situations where this would not normally be possible (as when riding shotgun on a stagecoach speeding down a bumpy road or on the decks & riggings of a ship). While there is no physical reason that a blunderbuss cannot fire projectiles such as gravel or nails instead of lead shot (as is often claimed) this would be a foolhardy action as it would result in the barrel’s ruin. Blunderbusses were often supplied with gang-moulds by their manufacturers, allowing the user to make his own shot in the field.

A blunderbuss can fire multiple balls simultaneously, and generally discharges its entire load at once. This made the blunderbuss the ideal weapon for boarding ships.

This replica firearm is NON-FIRING and cannot be made to fire real ammunition. You must 18 years of age or older to purchase.

California and Kansas: To comply with state law, residents purchasing a replica firearm must also order a frame. Orders will not be processed unless the frame is included in the order.

New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Puerto Rico: Post- 1898 replica firearms cannot be shipped to these locations (NY and PR have some exceptions).

Canada: We can no longer ship replica firearms to Canada; Customs is seizing all models, no matter the age.

We do not ship replica firearms overseas.

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Please refer to the replica gun safety warning prior to use. For more information, be sure to read our Replica Gun Safety Warning.

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