They pretty much just cannons  

When I am too lazy to remove firing pins, with a sized case in the chamber, I keep the trigger depressed while slowly closing the bolt. If the spring tension closes the bolt all the way without any pressure from my fingers I know the die is set for approximately 0 thou headspace. I then size 2 thou ...

  That's very much like I remember the one I saw as a kid. Because it was stockless I assumed that it was a parapet gun and remember being properly confused when the elderly gent curator showed me a pic of it or one like it in a punt. Was a bit like the aquatic version of an A10 Wathog, i.e. ...

Another angle  20250804_193753.jpg

I saw and fondled a punt gun last year  20250804_193712.jpg

James A Michener actually writes about these guns in his book Chesapeake.   He describes how they hunted the ducks and geese - but mostly in winter - because during summer the geese would migrate. So they dragged their skiffs across the ice and they would find rafts of birds in the holes in...

It loads and plays a video for me. Has a snowflake warning watermark for the first 5 seconds or so but plays fine. I go to handle an enormous punt gun once as a young kid in the UK and it left a lifelong impression on me. Would still love to get the opportunity to mess about with one.

Your link resolves to this :   Screenshot_20260623_091109.png

Will do - licensing has barely started, so the process will take some time.

  Pleasure. Let us know how they work.  

@oafpatroll   Package received - thanks so much!