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Engraved “Perdition to Conspirators” this 14 barrel gun was made for Colonel Thomas Thornton, a wealthy and flamboyant character in England in the late 18th and early 19th century.
He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement, and which mutinied against his comment at Roborough Camp in 1795. Some years later, he commissioned this quite unique firearm from Dupe & Company of London.
The gun is a single stock with two flintlock actions, two triggers, and two clusters of seven .30 caliber rifled barrels each. Each trigger fires a complete barrel cluster simultaneously…
Old Thomas “shoulderpain” Thornton, affectionately known as Backflip Thornton to his friends.
So it’s a double-barrel shotgun with extra steps
My shoulder hurts looking at that
They should have slightly angled each of the barrels outward so that you’d have the spread gun from Contra.
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For when you have no time but still have to absolutely kill every mf’er in the room.
Ye gods that would kick!
lol it looks like something from terraria
Which reloads faster, this or the LeMat?
Looks like a Unique from Destiny…
Climate Change “Take care of those special snowflakes.”