PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days agoTwo men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1imageTwo men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 days agoSo, a whole football field away. Wow. Hmm, must have been really annoying for them waiting around for a crew to mark out the field before they could fire. I’ll… see myself right out, now.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoParticularly difficult since these guns were often mounted on small boats (‘punts’) and fired across waterways XD Ever try to paint a ten-yard line in the water?
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoIt does take special materials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxviBxaSjyc
So, a whole football field away. Wow.
Hmm, must have been really annoying for them waiting around for a crew to mark out the field before they could fire.
I’ll… see myself right out, now.
Particularly difficult since these guns were often mounted on small boats (‘punts’) and fired across waterways XD
Ever try to paint a ten-yard line in the water?
It does take special materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxviBxaSjyc