Trombone Flintlock blunderbuss, England 18th. C

Lunghezza 74 Cm.

Peso 2,100 gr.

Weapon used in the eighteenth century as the predecessor of the shotgun. It was carried by the muzzle and fired by a flintlock. It was a very imprecise (this effectiveness which was not more than 15 meters) and it was used primarily as a defensive weapon to harm as many potential targets. Do you know that Musketeer Phortos uses a blunderbuss in the film The Three Musketeers (2011)