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Photographs - GIANT Shotguns (Punt Guns), circa 1900
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Posted on 02/16/2013 7:29:35 AM PST by DogByte6RER
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02/16/2013 7:32:02 AM PST
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER
Some were used as anti-tank guns in the later part of The Great War (WWI)
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02/16/2013 7:35:32 AM PST
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SkyDancer
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:38:06 AM PST
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knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: DogByte6RER
There is a back country highway south of Salinas CA that has an 8 gauge shotgun hanging on the wall, the gal behind the counter says it prevents trouble, and then I asked her when was the last time she bought ammo for it, because from what I recall the last 8 gauge shells were sold around the 1920’s.
With the right loads and composite materials there could be a resurgence of punt guns to counter drones.
To: DogByte6RER
"Forget the ducks, we shoulda been using those guns in Vietnam."
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02/16/2013 7:42:24 AM PST
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Rebelbase
( .223, .224, whatever it takes....)
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:42:42 AM PST
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:44:38 AM PST
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Yo-Yo
To: DogByte6RER
To anyone interested in the practices and the era, I can highly recommend a trip to the
Havre De Grace (MD) Decoy Museum.
It makes for a nice side trip from travels in the Baltimore/DC area, and while you're there you can also check out the Concord Point Lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in continuous use on the east coast, situated right at the point where (based on salinity), the Susquehanna River technically turns into the Chesapeake Bay. Lots of good crab restaurants there too!
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:47:58 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: DogByte6RER
These were also used on the Chesapeake Bay to provide the waterfowl for the resturants in NY and DC
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:48:21 AM PST
by
Coastie
(CPO retired)
To: DogByte6RER
I needed one of those when my girls started dated.
/johnny
To: Eye of Unk
Well I don't know if a mag-fed 20mm could be called a punt gun, but I bet it could knock some things down:
Anzio Iron Works
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:50:33 AM PST
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Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! [You can vote Democrat when you're dead]...)
To: DogByte6RER
Re the 1st image. Where the heck are they? Looks like DC.
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02/16/2013 7:50:41 AM PST
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South40
To: DogByte6RER
And why did they want to kill all those waterfowl?
To make women's HATS!
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:50:41 AM PST
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: DogByte6RER
Michener’s “Chesapeake” has a good section about punt gun hunting geese on the Bay.
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:55:19 AM PST
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BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: Eye of Unk
I think they still make 8gauge shells.
They use them, or at least did use them, for breaking up balls of cement in the kilns.
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posted on
02/16/2013 7:55:39 AM PST
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IMR 4350
To: DogByte6RER
Could there be anything left of the bird? Who would want to buy a bunch of feathers and gore?
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02/16/2013 7:59:15 AM PST
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DManA
To: BwanaNdege
Micheners Chesapeake has a good section about punt gun hunting geese on the Bay.First thing I thought when I saw those pictures.
To: IMR 4350
Yep, saw one at the backend of a cement kiln in Oklahoma. It was tripod mounted and impressive.
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posted on
02/16/2013 8:47:18 AM PST
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X-spurt
(Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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