Punt Gun |
Once a fashionable duck and goose shooting gun on the Chesapeake Bay, it's now outlawed. It was mounted on a punt, and could fell an entire flock, flight or gaggle in a swoop. I keep thinking Barbara Mikulski bull roast. Does that make me a bad person? |
My grandfather's cousin in Dorchester County had one of those, and continued to use it in the early 1900's after they were outlawed. He'd bag a mess of ducks and sail to Baltimore to sell them at market there. The sheriff knew he had one, but could never catch him with it. One time the sheriff was talking to him in his yard about his illegal hunting, and promised cousin he'd get that gun some day. Cousin talked real nice to the sheriff, smiling the whole time. Sheriff thought cousin was just being nice, but the reason cousin was smiling was because sheriff was standing on the underground hiding place of the punt gun. He never did catch cousin.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
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ONE!!!!!
Damn, just Day'um!
-Sven in Colorado
I was in Carson City, NV and stopped at the museum there and they had a 3 gauge that had been mounted on a raft (punt?). They had the #'s recorded per shot. They would get hundreds of birds with one shot by waiting until the sun almost rose and nail the ducks and stuff while they were still waking up. Then they'd spend the rest of the day retrieving and cleaning birds. Amazing.
MitchM
Friend of mine has a 2-bore, which I've fired. 1/2 lb single ball over 250gr of 2f. Packs a mighty wallop.
I'm building a pair of 2-1/2 bore guns (.4 lb round ball). Might even be ready before 4th of July.
Hang in there Sven, I'm in CO too.
Santa, I want a punt gun and 10 boxes of clays.
I have been really good this year.
