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...Lantaka, Portuguese petrarro? ...
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Portuguese ? maybe not; we made them, they made them ... you never know, if not marked. But certainly not a 'petriero', the Italian term for 'pedreiro', a term used for earlier guns that shot stone projectiles; sorry being a brainpicker
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... No, 'Nando, that isn't a multi-barrel handgunne. It's just an antique curling iron! ...
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A curling iron ?
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...Thought you might like some of his swivels and iron barrel guns...
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Oh, i like several things in there; the cannons, the barrels, the shackles ... you name it.
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In particular that long 6 sided barrel standing upright in pic #13. What do you think? A handgunne or simply a barrel from a large musketoon?...
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Good question. Easier to identify if pictured in different angle/s. Maybe something in between ... like an haquebut barrel ...
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