Blunderbuss

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Blunderbuss

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These things are awesome, and I want one. :Drool1: Yes I know I have a problem and no I don't want help to quit :chuckles:


A few questions on blunder buss.

Does anyone make these anymore that will fire?
Are the old ones safe to fire?
What are the ball park price ranges?


I thought about making one but that is kinda on the same page as a cannon. I would love to have one but people way smarter then me know what they are doing when they make them. Any of the steel pipe i might find to use isn't really designed for this type of stress. So I would be making a pipe bomb with one end open. I don't really want to risk that sort of "Hi Yall Watch This" moment.
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Middlesex village trading post sells a few styles, all made in India, they will fire, expect around $500.
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:Middlesex village trading post sells a few styles, all made in India, they will fire, expect around $500.

First off thank you. I will check them out

Second I will not tell my wife where I got the link.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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I saw a couple of them last year. Around 1700 for the one I remember the price of. It was pretty cool. :thumbsup:
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desdem12 wrote:I saw a couple of them last year. Around 1700 for the one I remember the price of. It was pretty cool. :thumbsup:
That would be an original, he wants one he can bang away with :)
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:
desdem12 wrote:I saw a couple of them last year. Around 1700 for the one I remember the price of. It was pretty cool. :thumbsup:
That would be an original, he wants one he can bang away with :)

Yes going bang is 85% of the fun. Not going to the hospital is the other 15% :D
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They used to load nails, and busted glass in blunderbusses. Not a precision weapon, the ultimate scatter gun.
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They went up in price, $575 now for the brass barrel Dutch model.
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It sounds very cool. I would bet most of the time I would fill it will just powder. I mainly want to feel the thud and see huge clouds of smoke.

But given the option I would shoot stuff I know.


Yeah i saw the price has gone up but that isn't a lot compared to some other firearms costs
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You could shoot bird shot, or BB's out of it, even fill it with revolver bullets and let fly. Rock salt works also.
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