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May 27th, 2008, 12:21 PM
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Joined: Jul 2006 From: UK Posts: 6,114 | Choose your weapon
You are a member of an 18th-century boarding party tasked to capture a French or Spanish vessel.
What gun would you take with you? Keep in mind have to choose one type and it has to be a boarding / close combat style weapon.
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun2.jpg[/IMG]
Standard flintlock pistol
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun5.gif[/IMG]
English blunderbuss pistol
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun3.jpg[/IMG]
Duck's foot pistol
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun6.jpg[/IMG]
Blunderbuss. An early shotgun that could be loaded with nails, scrap iron or even gravel
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun1.jpg[/IMG]
Something long-range like Brown Bess.....
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun.jpg[/IMG]
.....or the Baker rifle to take out snipers in the rigging?
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/gun4.jpg[/IMG]
Or would you go for something more unusual like this?
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/Mortiers-p1000558.jpg[/IMG]
Grenade launcher
[IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/*********/50.jpg[/IMG]
7 shot volley gun
You could also choose something not on the list, as long as it existed during the period and you post a picture of it.
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Last edited by Nick; March 1st, 2009 at 07:02 PM.
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May 27th, 2008, 01:55 PM
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 13,432 | Re: Choose your weapon
Without doubt, the seven-volley. I'm not the best shot, so the more the better. (Mind you the gun two pics above that looks pretty gruesome.)
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May 27th, 2008, 01:56 PM
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#3 | | Archivist
Joined: Apr 2008 From: The Netherlands Posts: 139 | Re: Choose your weapon
Dual wielding flintlock pistols, because I'm cool like that.
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May 27th, 2008, 02:41 PM
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#4 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 790 | Re: Choose your weapon
Whatever gun would be best to club a guy with.
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May 28th, 2008, 06:20 AM
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#5 | | Lecturer
Joined: Oct 2007 From: Southern Vermont Posts: 366 | Re: Choose your weapon
I have always wanted to use a blunderbuss.
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May 28th, 2008, 07:35 AM
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#6 | | Historian
Joined: Jun 2006 From: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,348 | Re: Choose your weapon
Duck's Foot pistol or the standard flint lock. A classic quick shot gun that you can easily beat someone with. Plus you can hook it to your belt as you jump across from ship to ship.
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May 28th, 2008, 09:15 AM
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#7 | | Archivist
Joined: Oct 2007 From: Florida Posts: 107 | Re: Choose your weapon
Ah I would be like Blackbeard and carry 21 pistols and have burning beard.
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May 31st, 2008, 02:07 PM
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#8 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Jul 2006 From: UK Posts: 6,114 | Re: Choose your weapon
Quote:
Originally Posted by HistoryBuff7  Whatever gun would be best to club a guy with. | Any of them would be good for that. A heavy barrel or a brass buttplate could easily pulverise Jean Crapaud.
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May 31st, 2008, 06:02 PM
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#9 | | Field Marshal General
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 558 | Re: Choose your weapon
It's not a gun, but it's useful when bording an enemy ship  | | | |
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May 31st, 2008, 06:03 PM
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#10 | | Field Marshal General
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 558 | Re: Choose your weapon
or maybe one of these...
I especially like the bayonette.  | | | |
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