It's claimed that such extraordinarily large firearms were used for duck hunting, having fixed the gun to a boat with sandbags, or to be carried by a team of soldiers.
If such were the case, why are they built with a wooden buttstock if they are not to be pressed against the shoulder when firing?
My theory is that these giant firearms were made as crude weaponry to be used by very tall people between the 17-1850s.
If such were the case, why are they built with a wooden buttstock if they are not to be pressed against the shoulder when firing?
My theory is that these giant firearms were made as crude weaponry to be used by very tall people between the 17-1850s.