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Two men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Usually they are mounted on boats, not fired as a team:

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago

specifically, mounted on a punt

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Looks deafening

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WHAAAAATT????

[–] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I SO hoped it would be that scene.

So, what's the best war movie of all time and why is it Black Hawk Down?

[–] JoShmoe@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WHY IS EVERYONE ALL CAPS??

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

WE'RE ANGRY!

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

BOOKS ARE BECKONING, YOU SAY?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

THEY SAID "ROOKS THE RECKONING!"

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really good for graboids as well

[–] canthidium@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

"Broke into the wrong gul dern recroom, you big jerk"

I can't unhear the silly USA network censoring after having watched so many times.

[–] DeskP1loti@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Also low-flying aircraft.

[–] reflex@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Stand-by for Titanfowl.

[–] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

Muzzle loader? And is that a trigger with no guard?