We all laughed at the absurd gun Thomas Hunter as Whity
Selby used in 1967’s “Death Walks in Laredo”
but such a gun actually existed in the Wild West. It was called a Duck’s Foot
Pistol. It was classified as a hand-held volley gun a pistol with multiple
barrels arranged in a splayed pattern, so that the firer could spray a sizable
area with a single shot The principle behind this type of pistol is one of
confrontation by one person against a group; hence, it was popular among bank
guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.
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