Blunderbuss

The Blunderbuss was the first and early shotgun, and it is a muzzle-loading firearm with a short, large caliber barrel, which is flared at the muzzle, and used with shot. Contrary to popular belief and depictions in cartoons, the flared muzzle is not to allow the weapon to be filled with shrapnel and junk instead of shot; doing so would damage the weapon. Instead, it served the twin purposes of increasing the spread of shot and making pouring powder and shot into the weapon easier.

The Blunderbuss appears in the following:

Modern replica of English 1766 Blunderbuss Flintlock

Blunderbuss Flintlock

English Flintlock Blunderbuss

Blunderbuss Flintlock

Film

• Robin Smith as Luigi in The Fall (2006)

• Straw Dogs

• Edward Woodward as Tom Weaver in Hot Fuzz (2007)

• Van Helsing

• Cutthroat Island (1995)

• The Loves of Carmen

• Malibu's Most Wanted

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• Angelique and the Sultan (1968)

• Magdalena Zawadzka as Basia in Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)

• Robert Carlyle as Will Plunkett in Plunkett and Macleane (1999)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• Thugs in Lucky Luke (2009)

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Television

• Deadliest Warrior

• Miami Vice

• Tremors: The Series

• Jessica Chastain as Charlotte in Blackbeard (2006)

• Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey

Video Games

• Timesplitters

• Vietcong 2

• Red Dead Redemption (Downloadable Content)

• The Showdown Effect

Anime

• Case Closed: Jolly Rogers in the Deep Azure