Isn't this called a
deck gunvolley gun? They're for dealing with mutinees, the concept was that four people could die at random and nobody wanted to be that guy so they should stand down.It's certainly looks very piratey.
I remember an episode of Pawn Stars featuring these exact weapons and it is as you say, they’re for crowd control on a ship.
- Hey, can we get a shotgun?
- We have shotgun at home.
- Shotgun at home:
Say it ain't so!
Since guns weren't rifled yet, this gun increased your chances of hitting one guy to almost eighty percent!
"Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog."
Or gangster style one dude in the crotch, stomach, chest, and head
Or gangster style four dudes in a double bunk bed
That's actually how that whole thing got started.
Weezer's response: "We were informed that this particular instrument was a hash pipe..."
You just move forward or backwards until they're spaced the right distance apart!
"Time to say goodbye!"
Hold on...
Wait a sec...
...ok there
"Time to say goodbye!"
Nah, it was more an extremely early version of spray'n pray.
GTA3 shotgun
Ooh, or Contra's "spread gun"
Russian roulette 1850 .... one iron pellet is placed in the gun ... it will shoot out of one of the barrels in front.
Where is the thumb?
for slaping or shooting? ...yes
Or one person you really hate
