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1.2 Ga with Buckshot or even Birdshot and no Choke. What a pattern spread that'd have.

37 posted on 03/10/2006 5:09:38 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

I'm not sure I'd want one for hunting, what excuse would you use if you did miss.

42 posted on 03/10/2006 5:19:07 PM PST by magslinger (Pray for your enemies, It's like taking a B52 to a gun fight.)

At the Teddy Roosevelt museum out on Long Island they have his (part of?) gun collection. They have several "punt guns" that were some ridiculous gauge of shotgun (1 or 2 or something). The gun was secured in the bottom of the the small boat (a "punt"?) and the shooter would aim the entire boat at a raft of swimming ducks. It would get dozens (hundreds?) of ducks at a time. The back end of the gun rested against bales of hay to absorb the recoil, although once in awhile they would pop the back end of the boat apart.