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

Films

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Loves of Carmen				1947
Angelique and the Sultan		Sultan soldiers		1968
Colonel Wolodyjowski	Magdalena Zawadzka	Basia		1969
The Last Valley				1970
The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'an II)	Sami Frey	Henri de Guerande		1971
Straw Dogs			Seen in the Sumners' cabin	1971
Warlords of Atlantis		guards of Atlantis		1978
Trail of the Pink Panther				1982
Murphy's Law			Ben Wilcove's gun collection	1986
Cutthroat Island		Pirates		1995
The Pest				1997
Almost Heroes		Spaniard		1998
Plunkett and Macleane	Robert Carlyle	Will Plunkett		1999
The Musketeer	Justin Chambers	D'Artagnan		2001
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		pirates		2003
Malibu's Most Wanted				2003
Van Helsing				2004
The Brothers Grimm	Jan Unger	Gregor		2005
The Fall	Robin Smith	Luigi		2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Kevin McNally	Joshamee Gibbs		2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		Pirates		2007
Hot Fuzz	Edward Woodward	Tom Weaver		2007
Lucky Luke		Thugs		2009
The Three Musketeers	Ray Stevenson	Porthos		2011
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter			In the Henry's Armory	2012