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[–] eldoom@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Isn't this called a ~~deck gun~~ volley gun? They're for dealing with mutinees, the concept was that four people could die at random and nobody wanted to be that guy so they should stand down.

It's certainly looks very piratey.

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can find no googley/bingy resemblance to that. But the idea of it, like this giant steering wheel attached to my crotch, is driving me nuts.

[–] eldoom@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aaaha! Sorry for the bad information! It is called a volley gun!

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

duck footed volley gun

A few hand-held volley guns were also developed during the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the most distinctive was the "duck's foot" volley gun, a pistol with multiple barrels arranged in a splayed pattern, so that the firer could spray a sizable area with a single shot.[7] The principle behind this type of pistol is one of confrontation by one person against a group; hence, it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.

Well done, Captain my Captain!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.

So just don't worry about the bank customers, or what?

[–] Pr0v3n@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I remember an episode of Pawn Stars featuring these exact weapons and it is as you say, they’re for crowd control on a ship.

[–] H2207@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Hey, can we get a shotgun?
  • We have shotgun at home.
  • Shotgun at home:
[–] LaurelRerun@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Since guns weren't rifled yet, this gun increased your chances of hitting one guy to almost eighty percent!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

"Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog."

[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Say it ain't so!

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Or gangster style one dude in the crotch, stomach, chest, and head

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Or gangster style four dudes in a double bunk bed

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

That's actually how that whole thing got started.

[–] Arotrios@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Weezer's response: "We were informed that this particular instrument was a hash pipe..."

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Nah, it was more an extremely early version of spray'n pray.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You just move forward or backwards until they're spaced the right distance apart!

"Time to say goodbye!"

Hold on...

Wait a sec...

...ok there

"Time to say goodbye!"

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's basically just a shitty shotgun. Shitgun, if you will.

[–] Dude123@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ooh, or Contra's "spread gun"

[–] Dufurson@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

for slaping or shooting? ...yes

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Russian roulette 1850 .... one iron pellet is placed in the gun ... it will shoot out of one of the barrels in front.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Where is the thumb?

[–] eslaf@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Or one person you really hate