punt gun

A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristically too large for an individual to fire from the shoulder or often carry alone, but unlike artillery pieces, punt guns are able to be aimed and fired by a single person from a mount. In this case, the mount is typically a small watercraft. Many early models appear similar to over-sized versions of shoulder weapons of the time with full-length wooden stocks with a normal-sized shoulder stock. Most later variations do away with the full-length stock – especially more modern models – and have mounting hardware fixed to the gun to allow them to be fitted to a pintle.

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J. J. Henry Punt Gun Used on the Mississippi Flyway

Firing a shot from punt YORYM-S238

Big gun mounting YORYM-S233

Punt gun00

Hunter sighting a punt gun

Snowden Slights in punt taking aim YORYM-S5

Snowden Slights loading big gun YORYM-S2

Snowden Slights placing gun in punt YORYM-S3

Snowden Slights with big gun YORYM-S364

Snowden Slights and E. Walker taking aboard the gun YORYM-S365

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		J. J. Henry Punt Gun Used on the Mississippi Flyway		Commons
commons	image		Firing a shot from punt YORYM-S238		Commons
commons	image		Big gun mounting YORYM-S233		Commons
commons	image		Punt gun00		Commons
commons	image		Hunter sighting a punt gun		Commons
commons	image		Snowden Slights in punt taking aim YORYM-S5		Commons
commons	image		Snowden Slights loading big gun YORYM-S2		Commons
commons	image		Snowden Slights placing gun in punt YORYM-S3		Commons
commons	image		Snowden Slights with big gun YORYM-S364		Commons
commons	image		Snowden Slights and E. Walker taking aboard the gun YORYM-S365		Commons