[lit-ideas] Re: Foote, Re-enactors, Duck Punt Gun

What's a duck punt gun?  A nine foot long cannon-like barrel that you attach
to a punt--flat-bottomed boat.  You fill the barrel with metal detrius and a
charge.  You then paddle up to ducks and let fly.  Boom!  You go scooting
backwards, somewhat deaf.  There is a chance that the released mayhem could
have hit a duck in such a way that one could take it home and eat it.

this could be extremely funny to watch with a beer in hand, esp. when ducks fly one way and the boat flies the other way.

I should have mentioned that the American sailors in the Royal Navy, like
many sailors in the Royal Navy, were probably not there by choice; they were
likely pressed men.  Pressing American sailors was one of the practices that
led to the war of 1812.


oh, dang, i was going to point that out.

yrs,
andreas
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