Talk:Blunderbuss/Archive 1

Archiving talk page; this all dates to before a complete rewrite, and the housegun.com site no longer is active. scot (talk) 18:24, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Need source

"The American NRA carried out some experiments with antique blunderbusses in the 1960's" -- Need reference.

"While there is no physical reason that a blunderbuss cannot fire projectiles such as gravel or nails instead of lead shot (as is often claimed) this would be a foolhardy action as it would result in the barrel's ruin." -- Need reference.

"A blunderbuss can fire multiple balls simultaneously, and generally discharges its entire load at once. This made the blunderbuss the ideal weapon for boarding ships." -- WHY?

This is because the decks of warships being boarded were to unstable to fire guns with any accuracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lavengro (talk • contribs) 19:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Housegun?

Why was the housegun sentence removed? It was an interesting modern version. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.191.19.42 (talk) 21:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC).

Housegun needs to be removed. Not actually a blunderbuss, but a flared barrel for a pump action shotgun. Jirt 04:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Um, the a blunderbuss is a "....firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel and is the predecessor to the shotgun." Sounds like the housegun is an updated version. They are both flared-muzzle, multiple projectile launchers.

"A short, muzzle-loading shoulder weapon, usually a flintlock, with a wide smooth bore flared at the muzzle to a maximum width of about 4 inches" - Britannica Online

"1 : a muzzle-loading firearm with a short barrel and flaring muzzle to facilitate loading " - Merriam-Webster

"1. A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range." - The American Heritage Dictionary

"It LOOKS something like the old blunderbuss that pirates used, but works a lot better.

We will make BARRELS for all popular shotguns" - Housegun.com (emphasis added)

The housegun barrel is NOT a flared-muzzle, multiple projectile launcher, it is a barrel. A barrel designed to be used with a modern center fire shotgun.

I could not find a definition of blunderbuss that didn't say the weapon was a muzzle loader in the definition. The housegun barrel is certainly not a muzzle-loader, or a musket, or a FIREARM. The manufacturer's website itself suggests the similarities are only aesthetic.

To call a housegun barrel a modern version of a blunderbuss is ridiculous. Nobody would say that a barrel manufacture like Douglas Barrels was making modern flintlock rifles, it just doesn't make sense. I'm sorry, you are incorrect and the sentence should be removed. - Jirt 02:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and what are barrels mounted on? A firearm. Perhaps keep it in a trivia section or something to that effect. There are similarities between the old blunderbuss and the housegun. Couldn't you can agree to that? If you want to remove it, that's fine. I think it would be an interesting addition. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.191.19.42 (talk) 18:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC).

Image not flared

You say

A blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel

but your image does not look flared. Jidanni (talk) 18:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC)