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If loaded with shots for wingshooting(hence the retriever dog engraving), it's just the wadding that has to conform to the barrel. It likely was never considered that you'd use bullets or a musket ball in this, but shots.
Edit: I saw that the original page that it says it used heart shaped balls, but I don't see how that would work. Loading it would be almost impossible thanks to that twisted barrel though. https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/2/456076-1400249136.jpg?itok=zvlAAvjr That baby was not really designed to be used unless you really wanted to impress someone.
There were tons of these novelty guns from this era that were just meant as conversation pieces and gifts between rich people they were never meant to actually get used for anything.
heart shaped balls
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How would that affect the airflow and pressure behind the ball?
That's a good question. I think the answer is either it's not meant to be shot or heart shaped bullets.
You'd probably need to keep the heart shaped bullets in a heart shaped box.
I've got a rude complaint about that
That can’t be good for bullet movement tho, right? Like that just seems really inefficient..?
I don’t know much about guns but I’m fairly certain they need to build up pressure behind the projectile, and this design seems inherently flawed there… but it also needs a straight trajectory out or it’ll go all wonky in flight and be super inaccurate.. would this not drastically impact that?
Or is this a nonfunctional thing?
Based on the description I think the function of this piece is simply artistic expression of the craftsman. You are right about pressure, a perfectly round projectile would function poorly here. But if they used a heart shaped projectile it aught to work.
That said I think this was never built to be used in anger IMO.
It was clearly built to be used in love
It shoots love bullets.
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... are we sure it's a heart and not an upside-down butt? ;)