Historical Artifacts

1081 readers

53 users here now

Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

Generally speaking, ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Illustrations of the past should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

founded 10 months ago

MODERATORS

PugJesus@lemmy.world

Duckfoot pistol, British, 1805-1813 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/flintlock-ducks-foot-pistol-4a-c-5c3476d973

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

For when you need to shoot four guys who are standing equally spaced

[–] duplexsystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Say your prayers Weezer

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

smooth bore though, so who knows if you'll hit literally any of them

[–] drhoopoe 2 points 5 months ago

Evenly spaced and no more than 4 feet away.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

I think these were intended for ship captains as a last resort against mutineers.

More about threatening a crowd than actual marksmanship.