I’ve always been a fan of Native American/First Nations blanket guns, trade guns and other modded firearms so of course this one caught my eye.
A Dutch doglock musket cut down into a Native American blanket gun. Originates from the Leni Lenape (Delaware) Tribe, circa 1750. Utilizes a French made lock. Note the nasty looking iron pieces attached to the stock, which allows the musket to also be used as a very formidable club.(Source: shootersforum.com, via peashooter85)
A Wisconsin fisherman, out for a day chasing northerns around Lake Winnebago, pulled up something unexpected on the end of his line. No, it wasn’t a rare invasive species of fish, or a huge record breaker, but rather it was something with a little more kick.
As covered by the Fond du Lac Reporter, local angler Ray Groff was pulling in the boat anchor on his 14-foot flat bottom when he noticed something attached to the end of it. Reaching down and pulling in what he thought was a piece of driftwood; he was surprised to find a firearm.
And not just any firearm, it was an old flintlock– still with the flint in the hammer. Although ravished by invasive zebra mussels and well worn from centuries underwater, most of the stock was still attached to the gun. Its 47-inch barrel clogged with mud. Unadorned and plain, the gun has all the signs of being a classic trade musket.
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