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How about a loaded soup-can gauge shotgun?
You kid, but the 2 gauge (not a typo!) "Punt Gun" was a thing! Used for shooting mass numbers of ducks and geese!
both these guys were deaf shortly after firing this
Pretty sure this photo was just for scale, the normal use case was mounted in a small boat or "Punt".
But geeze... these pictures...
Hah, that first picture makes it look like he's going duck hunting with it.
That's what it was designed for, only not one duck, entire LAKES full of ducks.
I saw one of these in a Ripley's museum! Completely ridiculous, but I would love to shoot one!
Once. I think you'd love to shoot one exactly one time. :)
True. One time would be enough to put a smile on my face for awhile, once I got up off the ground from the recoil.. :D
Kentucky Ballistics got one somehow and shot some barrels with it in slow-mo