Blunderbuss

The Blunderbuss (from Dutch donderbus roughly translated as "thunder pipe") was an early shotgun, a muzzle-loading firearm with a large caliber, short barrel (compared to a period long rifle), flared at the muzzle. 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.
Blunderbusses could have most types of period lockwork, and snaplock, matchlock, wheellock, flintlock and even caplock examples exist. More bizarrely, there are some rare examples of breechloading blunderbusses, which went about as well as one would expect. A pistol-length blunderbuss was sometimes called a "Dragon" and they were commonly issued to cavalry; they were at one point so closely associated with them that the corruption dragoon was used to refer to units of horse cavalry with infantry training. Both pistol-length and larger blunderbusses were popular weapons for shipboard use where their short range was much less of a factor, and long (14-18 inch barrel) blunderbusses were issued to British mail coaches for protection from highwaymen, a forerunner to the use of true shotguns as "coach guns."
Like most antique weapons, any blunderbuss that is fired in a live-action work is likely a prop or modern reproduction, due to the needless expense of procuring a rare and expensive weapon for such a scene and the risk of an elderly authentic weapon exploding when fired.
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=Specifications=
(17th century - 19th century)
*Type: Early shotgun
*Caliber: Various shot weights
*Rate of fire: User dependent, usually 1+ rounds a minute
*Feed system: Manually, muzzle-loaded
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==Film==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag) 	 	 	Seen in Counte's castle 	1913
Lorna Doone 	uncredited 	Robert 	 	1922
 	Doones 	 	 	
Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) 	Klavdiya Pugachyova 	Jenny Hawkins 	 	1937
Mikhail Tsaryov 	Dr. Livesey 	 	 	
Osip Abdulov 	John Silver 	 	 	
Iona Biy-Brodskiy 	George Merry 	 	 	
Nikolay Michurin 	Israel Hands 	 	 	
V. Yakushenko 	Dick Johnson 	 	 	
uncredited 	Richard Joyce 	 	 	
uncredited 	Tom Redruth 	 	 	
 	Sailors, Pirates, Irish rebels	 	 	
Silver Blaze 	 	 	Seen on the wall 	1937
The Loves of Carmen 	 	 	 	1947
Don César de Bazan 	S. Tsomayev 	Lazarille 	 	1957
Dunkirk 	 	 	hanging in a pub 	1958
Kidnapped 	John Laurie 	Ebenezer Balfour 	 	1960
Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil) 	 	 	seen on the wall 	1964
The Snow Queen (Snezhnaya koroleva) 	German Lupekin 	A robber 	 	1967
Angelique and the Sultan 	 	Sultan soldiers 	 	1968
Colonel Wolodyjowski 	Magdalena Zawadzka 	Basia 	 	1969
The Last Valley 	 	 	 	1970
Kidnapped 	Donald Pleasence 	Ebenezer Balfour 	 	1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'an II)	Sami Frey 	Henri de Guerande 	 	1971
The Lost Letter (Propala hramota) 	Vladimir Shakalo 	Petro 	 	1972
Straw Dogs 	 	 	Seen in the Sumners' cabin 	1971
Calmos 	Bernard Blier 	The priest 	 	1976
Warlords of Atlantis 	 	Guards of Atlantis 	 	1978
Trail of the Pink Panther 	 	 	 	1982
Young Sherlock Holmes 	Nadim Sawalha 	Khasek 	Percussion cap 	1985
Murphy's Law 	 	 	Ben Wilcove's gun collection 	1986
Zerograd (Gorod Zero) 	 	 	Flintlock, long barreled; Seen in the museum	1988
Loose Cannons 	Gene Hackman 	Det. MacArthur "Mac" Stern	 	1990
El Diablo (1990) 	Geno Silva 	Chak Mol 	 	1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 	 	Walker's men 	 	1993
Kidnapped 	Patrick Malahide 	Ebenezer Balfour 	 	1995
Kidnapped 	 	 	seen on the wall 	1995
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
Peter Pan 	Jason Isaacs 	Captain Hook 	 	2003
Peter Pan 	 	Pirates 	 	2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 	 	Pirates 	 	2003
Malibu's Most Wanted 	 	 	 	2003
Van Helsing 	 	 	 	2004
The Trixxer 	Václav Krejcí 	Robber Hotzenplotz 	 	2004
The Brothers Grimm 	Jan Unger 	Gregor 	 	2005
Pirates of Treasure Island 	Rebekah Kochan 	Anne Bonney 	Percussion 	2006
The Fall 	Robin Smith 	Luigi 	 	2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 	Kevin McNally 	Joshamee Gibbs 	 	2006
The Golden Compass 	 	Gyptian man 	 	2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 	 	Pirates 	 	2007
Hot Fuzz 	Edward Woodward 	Tom Weaver 	 	2007
Lucky Luke 	 	Thugs 	 	2009
Big Money Rustlas 	Mark Jury 	Dirty Sanchez 	 	2010
The Three Musketeers 	Ray Stevenson 	Porthos 	 	2011
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 	Dominic Cooper 	Henry Sturgess 	 	2012
Beauty and the Beast 	uncredited 	bartender 	 	2014
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 	Sam Riley 	Mr. Darcy 	 	2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 	 	Guardian 	 	2016
The Bride 	 	 	seen in the basement 	2017
Black '47 	 	An Irishman 	 	2018
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 	 	 	Seen in armory 	2019
The Reckoning 	Charlotte Kirk 	Grace Haverstock 	 	2020
The Reckoning 	Bill Fellows 	Sutter 	 	2020
The Woman King 	 	Slavers 	 	2018
==Television==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Father Brown 	David Buck 	Arnold Aylmer / John Strake 	Flintlock; "The Dagger with Wings" (Ep.7) 	1974
Father Brown 	Kenneth More 	Father Brown 	Flintlock; "The Dagger with Wings" (Ep.7) 	1974
Miami Vice 	Al Cox 	Clem 	"Glades" 	1984-1985
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes 	 	 	Seen in Gibson's guns collection; flintlock and percussion cap; (S01E02) 	1991
Tremors: The Series 	Michael Gross 	Burt 	"Shriek & Destroy" 	2003
Midsomer Murders 	John Nettleton 	Munro Hilliard 	"Orchis Fatalis" (S08E03) 	2004
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 	Danny DeVito 	Frank 	"The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" (4.11) 	2005-
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 	Charlie Day 	Charlie 	"The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" (4.11) 	2005-
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 	Kaitlin Olson 	Dee 	"The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" (4.11) 	2005-
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 	David Hornsby 	Colonel Cricket 	"The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" (4.11) 	2005-
Blackbeard 	Jessica Chastain 	Charlotte 	 	2006
Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey 	R. Lee Ermey 	Himself 	 	2009
Deadliest Warrior 	 	 	 	2009-2011
Salem 	Iddo Goldberg 	Isaac Walton 	"The Vow" (S1E01) 	2014
Salem 	Shane West 	Captain John Alden 	"The Vow" (S1E01) 	2014
Salem 	 	Militia man 	"Wednesday's Child" (S3E06) 	2016
Taboo 	Stephen Graham 	Atticus 	 	2017
Watchmen (2019 Series) 	Tom Mison 	The Gamekeeper 	"See How They Fly" (S1E09) 	2019
The Great 	Nicholas Hoult 	Peter III of Russia 	"A Pox on Hope" (S01E07) 	2020
The Great 	 	A guard of the Empress' carriage 	"Walnut Season" (S02E09), "Wedding" (S02E10) 	2021
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1	William Cagnard 	Power of the Living movement Guerrier	"L'ame Perdue" (S1E01) 	2023
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1	Laïka Blanc-Francard	Sister Sylvie 	"Alouette" (S1E02), "Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03), "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04)	2023
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1	Tristan Zanchi 	Emile Thibault 	"Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03) 	2023
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2	 	 	Seen in armory; "Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir" (S2E05) 	2024
==Anime==
Title 	Character 	Note 	Date
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro	 	hanged on wall 	1979
Golgo 13 	Stage actors	 	2008 - 2009
C³ 	 	on the banners, (E05)	2011
==Video Games==
Title 	Appears as 	Note 	Release Date
Timesplitters 	 	 	2000
Xenus 2: White Gold 	 	 	2008
Vietcong 2 	 	 	2009
Red Dead Redemption 	 	(Downloadable Content)	2010
Tropico Series 	 	 	2011
7 Days To Die 	 	 	2013
The Showdown Effect 	 	 	2013
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	 	 	2014
Assassin's Creed Unity 	 	 	2014
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 	 	 	2016
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 	based on the English 1766 Blunderbuss Flintlock with an oversized muzzle	used by King K. Rool 	2018
==Animation==
Title 	Voice Actor	Characters 	Notation 	Date
Archer - Season 5 	 	Pam 	 	2014
What If...? - Season 2	Jon Favreau	Sir Harold Hogan	"What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602?" (S2E08)	2023
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Category:Shotgun
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