The blunderbuss, with its short, wide muzzle, was a scattergun. It fired a number of pistol or musket balls at once to repel enemies aboard ships during naval engagements.

From its holster, which was a transparent plastic tube lashed to the pulpit rail, Mate withdrew the satellite-tag "applicator," a long-barreled, red-metal blunderbuss with a wooden rifle stock.

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The Plains Indian Museum has an authentic buffalo hide tipi from the Nez Perce Tribe, while the Cody Firearms Museum houses everything from an 18th-century blunderbuss to a 19th-century Gatling gun.

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Every time mad-eyed blond blunderbuss Marjorie Taylor Greene opens ... because we have to do the right thing. And history will judge us.” He’s right, and history will judge him so.

as highlighted by the Dominican Academy of History. “Many Dominicans attribute Mella’s heroism to the blunderbuss of the memorable night of 27 February 1844. However, that audacious shot was nothing ...

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