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	Punt Guns and their ammo « on: December 21, 2006, 05:25:58 am »

Many people find differant sizes of "musketballs" and I am asked on several forums to ID what kind of gun fired them...well for the most part it is impossible to tell.
However many of these balls may have been from hunting guns..not just military weapons
"Punt Guns" have been around from the 1500s..here is a video of one being fired.
Check it out..it's the only one I have ever seen being shot...Punt Guns were usualy mounted on a swivel at the front of a "punt" ( a small flat bottomed boat) and used to hunt Birds.

Here the link, it's well worth the watch

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 07:19:47 am »

Wow!!!

That was just too cool. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Man...that was something else.

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #2 on: December 21, 2006, 07:52:34 am »

LOL-

It's no wonder he didn't fire it like a normal weapon. It would have taken his shoulder off. Good video- Thanks

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #3 on: December 21, 2006, 12:25:47 pm »

When I took my daughter down to the range to zero in the rifle. There was a dude there who had a WWII Enfield that he made a Golf Ball Launcher. It was pretty cool my daughter had a blast shooting golf balls over the mountain.

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #4 on: December 21, 2006, 12:46:20 pm »

JIm, I am sorry but I am again more impressed by your beautifull daugther than by this weird rocket luncher :

. You crazy Americans! So the US must be the only pleace were people can get killed by golf balls Grin

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #5 on: December 21, 2006, 03:47:44 pm »

thats a pennsylvania long rifle! Grin

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #6 on: December 21, 2006, 05:18:48 pm »

it was really cool it uses blanks to propel the golf balls...

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #7 on: December 21, 2006, 05:25:05 pm »

Thats a neat gun

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #8 on: December 21, 2006, 05:34:49 pm »

It would be a uniqe twist on playing golf. Grin

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	Re: Punt Guns and their ammo « Reply #9 on: December 21, 2006, 06:07:37 pm »

Well what he had was a Grenade launcher for the number 4 Lee Enfield..we used them in WW2 and they launched grenades with a blank round...you can still buy these launchers as they are common...never thought of firering golf balls with one...I gotta try it!!

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