brighamr
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One of my friends has a family heirloom. This gun is literally 8 feet long, single barrel (appeared to be .60 cal or better... the action was HUGE, much bigger than a regular flintlock rifle), shoulder fired, and a flintlock mechanism.
The story I got from my friend was that somewhere in his family line, someone served in India for the army. The Indian army had aquired these elephant guns to use as a way to blow through attacker's shields. (ie. ancient armor piercing). Anyway, his distant relative had brought the gun back from the war, and his family has had it ever since.
I dont have a pic or markings, but maybe someone here has seen this type of gun before I'm probably wrong, but I can't fathom there being many types of 8' flintlock .60's around
The story I got from my friend was that somewhere in his family line, someone served in India for the army. The Indian army had aquired these elephant guns to use as a way to blow through attacker's shields. (ie. ancient armor piercing). Anyway, his distant relative had brought the gun back from the war, and his family has had it ever since.
I dont have a pic or markings, but maybe someone here has seen this type of gun before I'm probably wrong, but I can't fathom there being many types of 8' flintlock .60's around