blunderbuss
A drawing again inspired by idler_1814's Hornblower fanfiction "Run Aground".
...Hornblower... conscious of the heavy weight of the pistols in the side pockets; he proffered them to Bush, but the latter shook his head and grinned, pointing to the bell-mouthed blunderbuss on the deck beside him. That would be a far more efficacious weapon if there was trouble with their motley crew. ...
C.S.Forester "Flying Colours"
...it was the blunderbuss. The one that had lain beside him on the deck as he had steered the Witch out of the hands of the French to freedom. He held the flared muzzle to the light and found the inscription that had so appealed to his cockeyed sense of humour. "Unlucky is he who stands before me." Styles had no doubt nicked it ...
idler_1814 "Run Aground"
...Hornblower... conscious of the heavy weight of the pistols in the side pockets; he proffered them to Bush, but the latter shook his head and grinned, pointing to the bell-mouthed blunderbuss on the deck beside him. That would be a far more efficacious weapon if there was trouble with their motley crew. ...
C.S.Forester "Flying Colours"
...it was the blunderbuss. The one that had lain beside him on the deck as he had steered the Witch out of the hands of the French to freedom. He held the flared muzzle to the light and found the inscription that had so appealed to his cockeyed sense of humour. "Unlucky is he who stands before me." Styles had no doubt nicked it ...
idler_1814 "Run Aground"