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14-Barrel Nock Gun, early 19th century AD? (media.kbin.social)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts/t/893226

Engraved "Perdition to Conspirators" this 14 barrel gun was made for Colonel Thomas Thornton, a wealthy and flamboyant character in England in the late 18th and early 19th century.

He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement, and which mutinied against his comment at Roborough Camp in 1795. Some years later, he commissioned this quite unique firearm from Dupe & Company of London.

The gun is a single stock with two flintlock actions, two triggers, and two clusters of seven .30 caliber rifled barrels each. Each trigger fires a complete barrel cluster simultaneously...

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

My shoulder hurts looking at that