by Tom Gaylord
Writing as B.B. Pelletier
How powerful were the big bore airguns of the past?: Part 1
- My knowledge base
- Quackenbush Brigand
- Air cane
- Farco air shotgun
- Splatology
- Powerful enough to kill?
- Conclusions
This report is for reader Zebra who asked me last week about the power of the antique big bore airguns. He said he read that some were used in battle and had the power to kill soldiers. I answered him and gave a link to the very first report of this airgun history series (Part 1, linked above). It was done way back on August 21, 2015 when this section was started. But I read that report and discovered that it really didn’t answer his question. I had explained how big bore airgun power was determined, but not how powerful the guns actually were. So I’m adding this Part 2 to get to the heart of the question.