Isn't this called a ~~deck gun~~ volley gun? They're for dealing with mutinees, the concept was that four people could die at random and nobody wanted to be that guy so they should stand down.
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It's certainly looks very piratey.
I can find no googley/bingy resemblance to that. But the idea of it, like this giant steering wheel attached to my crotch, is driving me nuts.
Aaaha! Sorry for the bad information! It is called a volley gun!
A few hand-held volley guns were also developed during the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the most distinctive was the "duck's foot" volley gun, a pistol with multiple barrels arranged in a splayed pattern, so that the firer could spray a sizable area with a single shot.[7] The principle behind this type of pistol is one of confrontation by one person against a group; hence, it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.
Well done, Captain my Captain!
it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.
So just don't worry about the bank customers, or what?
I remember an episode of Pawn Stars featuring these exact weapons and it is as you say, they’re for crowd control on a ship.
- Hey, can we get a shotgun?
- We have shotgun at home.
- Shotgun at home:
Say it ain't so!
Since guns weren't rifled yet, this gun increased your chances of hitting one guy to almost eighty percent!
"Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog."
Or gangster style one dude in the crotch, stomach, chest, and head
Or gangster style four dudes in a double bunk bed
That's actually how that whole thing got started.
You just move forward or backwards until they're spaced the right distance apart!
"Time to say goodbye!"
Hold on...
Wait a sec...
...ok there
"Time to say goodbye!"
Nah, it was more an extremely early version of spray'n pray.
GTA3 shotgun
Ooh, or Contra's "spread gun"
Russian roulette 1850 .... one iron pellet is placed in the gun ... it will shoot out of one of the barrels in front.
for slaping or shooting? ...yes
Where is the thumb?
Or one person you really hate