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Old 13th July 2013, 08:34 PM   #12
fernando
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Originally Posted by aptheo
... "...whereas the ordinary blunderbuss had a definite flare toward the muzzle, resulting in a rather large mouth, the true trabuco had a more graceful tapering barrel ending in a much smaller-belled muzzle."
Not necessarily so, i am afraid
Look at these Catalunian trabuqueros ready for party
... They must have some knowledge of these things .

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