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Originally Posted by fernando
We ignore how these pistols were positioned in their niche; could be that they were introduced through some kind of orifice in that only the fairly long barrels stood out the boat hull, thus giving the impression of a cannon, as the HH caption seems to suggest.
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Seems possible. The barrels do have a stepped profile similar to a ship's cannon.
Its probably safe to say that the trigger was pulled with a string. All examples have a loop at the bottom of the trigger for attachment.