Josh Jenson
Member
Did you see the youtube video on the meateater channel
Who's gonna buy this thing?
Who's gonna buy this thing?
Punt gun on Meateater
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John Ascherman
Member
Great Video.
William Reinicke
Well-known member
Is it legal to hunt snows during conservation season with one of these? I actually think I have a true need for one of these if it is possible. Trailer set up would be IDEAL!
EDIT: Damn... just looked, still illegal. No longer have a need for this.
EDIT: Damn... just looked, still illegal. No longer have a need for this.
Josh Jenson
Member
Need and want are different things……. I’ve spent money more foolishly than that!
William Reinicke
Well-known member
If legal... certainly a need as I would bet I could get a group of farmers to actually help fund something of this nature. They are hated that bad and a VERY smart group of birds in this area that I have access to. Issue is they are far smarter than any spread I have put in front of them thus far and only success you have on them is if its hurricane like winds on that day. 3 leg bands have been killed in that area over 18 years old and nothing younger than 8 years old. A punt gun on a trailer would be the perfect weapon against that population.
MLBob Furia
Well-known member
Interesting video.
Did no one think to realize that those pommels on the sides of the barrels were used to anchor the gun to rope breeching on the skiff (punt) being used?
Harry Walsh in the chapter "The Big Gun" in his book The Outlaw Gunner talks about this. When those punt guns were fired a good portion of the recoil would be dispersed by driving the punt backward on the water although he does mention chocks with sacks filled with pine needles and other crude padding being used to help absorb recoil.
I'd venture that the main function of the part they attached the pin through for the mount they machined for the video was probably intended to be attached to whatever structure allowed them to raise and lower elevation of the muzzle. Would also venture that most of the guns used on areas such as the Chesapeake weren't as sophisticated as the one's that employed brass shells but were instead muzzle loaders with shot tamped down over black powder. In addition to the single barrel punt guns, Walsh has some pictures and a discussion of the use of multi-barreled "battery" guns mounted on skiffs. Their barrels were set off in sequence by a line of black powder set in a covered trough that ran behind the multiple muzzle-loaded barrels which were slightly spread out in a fan tail. The report of the first two or three barrels would cause the fowl to jump and the chain firing of the next four or more barrels would punish the birds that had just leapt off the water.
Did no one think to realize that those pommels on the sides of the barrels were used to anchor the gun to rope breeching on the skiff (punt) being used?
Harry Walsh in the chapter "The Big Gun" in his book The Outlaw Gunner talks about this. When those punt guns were fired a good portion of the recoil would be dispersed by driving the punt backward on the water although he does mention chocks with sacks filled with pine needles and other crude padding being used to help absorb recoil.
I'd venture that the main function of the part they attached the pin through for the mount they machined for the video was probably intended to be attached to whatever structure allowed them to raise and lower elevation of the muzzle. Would also venture that most of the guns used on areas such as the Chesapeake weren't as sophisticated as the one's that employed brass shells but were instead muzzle loaders with shot tamped down over black powder. In addition to the single barrel punt guns, Walsh has some pictures and a discussion of the use of multi-barreled "battery" guns mounted on skiffs. Their barrels were set off in sequence by a line of black powder set in a covered trough that ran behind the multiple muzzle-loaded barrels which were slightly spread out in a fan tail. The report of the first two or three barrels would cause the fowl to jump and the chain firing of the next four or more barrels would punish the birds that had just leapt off the water.
Josh Jenson
Member
they should have definitely mounted it in a boat as intended!
Jim Mandas
New member
I tend bar in my little town a few nights a week, this punt gun was the talk of the bar. I ended up putting it on the screen for some of the guys that hadn't seen it, I love seeing stuff like this. We've got a few hardcore black powder guys in town, one old timer builds high dollar rifles and powder, another belongs to some big cannon foundation and has a number of cannons.. the gears were turning 