Blunderbuss

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Katracho using a blunderbuss.

A blunderbuss (or musketoon) was a type of gunpowder anti-personel gun. It was a muzzle-loading firearm with a short, large caliber barrel, which is flared at the muzzle, and when used with small musket shot packed in, could wipe out scores of hostiles at a time. The blunderbuss was an early form of shotgun adapted to military and defensive use.

History

Hector Barbossa fires from his blunderbuss at the musicians in his cabin.

During the battle between the Black Pearl and the Interceptor, several members of Captain Hector Barbossa's cursed crew, including Katracho, used blunderbusses in the fight. Over a year later, during the battle of Singapore, Cotton emerged from a barrel to fire a blunderbuss at the attacking East India Trading Company soldiers. During the battle of Calypso's maelstrom, Marty used a double-barreled variation of the weapon to ward off attacking members of Davy Jones's crew as they descended from the Flying Dutchman onto the Black Pearl. In 1751, Barbossa used a blunderbuss to shoot Pierre Kelly in the leg during Jack Sparrow's forced wedding.

Behind the scenes

• Blunderbusses first appeared in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. They were first identified by name in The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth, a tie-in novel to the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
• In Dead Men Tell No Tales movie graphic novel, Hector Barbossa shot Pierre Kelly with his pistol, not with his blunderbuss like in the film.
• In LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, Marty is equipped with a blunderbuss which fires explosive rounds.

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth (First identified as blunderbuss)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
• Disney Infinity (Non-canonical appearance)

External links

• Blunderbuss on Wikipedia