For when his target wasn't an adult, but three kids in a trenchcoat.
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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Nice show piece! Wildly inaccurate, underpowered and impractical, but damned cool looking.
For those who aren't black powder nerds; By the time you pour the powder and tamp a patch and ball in there, you got a half-inch of smoothbore barrel. Not nearly enough runway to get complete combustion, let alone aim with the tiny field of view (forgot the word I want). Bet money you couldn't hit a 3' target from 10 feet. LOL, balls coming out sideways!
Anyhow, I want it.
That is the most french gun I have ever seen.
So, that's a three barrel... flintlock? Is that a selector on the side? How does that work?
I don't think we needed the "AD" bit, mate :)
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thats amazing!
It's a gorgeous piece; apparently, he got it as a gift when he was 'First Consul' of France.