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Punt gun for mass-hunting waterfowl in a, uh, punt, Britain, 1900-1912 (infosec.pub)
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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

I fired a punt gun once (side-by-side double 4-gauge). It was quite an event.

[–] Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

If you want to see a manchild (and I say that in the best way possible) do fun stuff with a punt gun, I recommend Kentucky Ballistics on YouTube.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Huh. I was just talking about these with some coworkers yesterday. None of them had ever heard of them, and here I thought gun nuts would have more knowledge about the history of firearms.