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Punt gun for mass-hunting waterfowl in a, uh, punt, Britain, 1900-1912 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Huh. I was just talking about these with some coworkers yesterday. None of them had ever heard of them, and here I thought gun nuts would have more knowledge about the history of firearms.