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Duck’s foot pistols are one of the iconic classic “weird gun” categories. This one exemplifies the typical pattern, with four barrels arranged in a wedge, fired simultaneously with a single flintlock action.

Traditionally, these are attributed to people like prison wardens and ships’ captains, who might have to confront mobs of prisoners or a mutinous crew. Whether this is actually supported by historical fact or is just apocryphal communal belief, I do not know…

Ian's video: [7:37] https://youtu.be/vDvyLuSeJyk?si=

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/prisons-and-pirate-mutinies-the-ducks-foot-pistol/

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

how to miss five targets in one shot

[–] gibmiser 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

5 targets, 4 misses

[–] Boinkage 7 points 10 months ago

Feels like it would have been prudent to make at least one of the barrels lined up with the handle.

This was my gun of choice in the video game Blackwake.

[–] DaddleDew 6 points 10 months ago

Perfect for when you need to defend against four evenly spaced attackers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This strikes me as a bit... situational.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

"Bad guys on the deck of a ship" is a pretty specific situation

[–] Possible_EmuWrangler 4 points 10 months ago

Agent 86 had to use something similar. https://youtu.be/TFlNr8JpwCo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

For people who are to stupid to aim?

[–] cosmicrookie 1 points 10 months ago

And only have two hands

[–] FireTower 1 points 10 months ago

Or maybe those with exactly four enemies who tend to stand equidistant to one another.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Hard to say if this is spray and pray, or designed to be more lethal in close range.

[–] antidote101 2 points 10 months ago

The fuck doot pistol.