Punt Gun demonstration at Burwell Museum "Autumn Miscellany"

Burwell Museum "Autumn Miscellany" - Punt Gun demonstration by Peter Carter. For safety reasons no shot was used, just the gunpowder. 19th October 2008.
Click on "watch in high quality" for a clearer picture.
www.burwellmuseum.org.uk

[@YaoiMastah]

The ducks already died of old age now ;) Quite an ingenious lock actually, a combination of both flintlock and percussion. Next time, he mightve brought a wooden funnel (wich they used in the days)..

[@sutonchef]

THANK YOU MR CARTER FOR FILLING IN A MYSTERY IN OUR FAMILY HISTORY ABOUT PUNT GUNS AND HOW THEY WORKED. ITS BEEN 40 YEARS SINCE OUR GRANDMOTHER GENEOLOGY OF OUR ENGLISH ANCESTOR WILLIAM CUMBERLAND CAME TO LIGHT AND WE HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS PART OF THAT HISTORY

[@ztwilli2]

go to 6:37 to see the action.

[@sutonchef]

YOU COULD SHOOT AS MANY AS A 100 GEESE WITH ONE SHOT WITH ONE OF THESE GUNS IN THOSE DAYS; THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW PLENTIFUL GEESE WERE BACK THAN

[@BANGERS68]

cool dude.. 5 stars

[@maxp8ntballer]

indeed :)

[@intscout4x4]

that is a gun

[@Pr0zNemesis]

@burwellmuseum poor ducks