{"id":11601,"date":"2020-05-29T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/29\/perdition-to-conspirators-magnificent-14-barrel-flintlock\/"},"modified":"2020-07-18T10:49:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T15:49:32","slug":"perdition-to-conspirators-magnificent-14-barrel-flintlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/29\/perdition-to-conspirators-magnificent-14-barrel-flintlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Perdition to Conspirators! Magnificent 14-Barrel Flintlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ivdlcHUwaEw?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colonel Thomas Thornton was a wealthy and somewhat flamboyant character in England in  the late 18th and early 19th century. He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement, and which mutinied against his comment at Roborough Camp in 1795. Some years later, he commissioned this quite unique firearm from Dupe &#038; Company of London.<\/p>\n<p>The gun is a single stock with two flintlock actions, two triggers, and two clusters of seven .30 caliber rifled barrels each. Each trigger fires a complete barrel cluster simultaneously. In addition to the firepower of this very remarkable weapon, he also had it finished in a truly magnificent fashion, including the fantastic line &#8220;PERDITION TO CONSPIRATORS&#8221; on ons of the barrel clusters &#8211; clearly he harbored some resentment towards his unruly militia subordinates even years later.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he had a second stock made to fit just one lock plate and barrel cluster, for when 14 barrels might be a bit of overkill. That stock is even more decorated that the first, with beautiful wooden relief carvings and the motto &#8220;A Verite Gagner&#8221;, meaning something to the effect of &#8220;Truth From Victory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This gun is part of the Liege arms museum&#8217;s display of civilian arms, and I&#8217;d like to thank them for taking it out of their display so I could show it to you! If you are in Liege, stop in and see the museum:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandcurtius.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.grandcurtius.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. Oracle #36270<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons Colonel Thomas Thornton was a wealthy and somewhat flamboyant character in England in the late 18th and early 19th century. He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement, and which mutinied against his comment at Roborough Camp in 1795. Some years later, he commissioned this&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/29\/perdition-to-conspirators-magnificent-14-barrel-flintlock\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perdition to Conspirators! 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