big al hunter
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I have heard of a smooth bore shotgun that early market hunters used for waterfowl. If I recall correctly it was called a punt gun, and was approximately 4 gauge. It was mounted on the front of a boat and the hunters would float down River and shoot into the sitting flocks of ducks. Rumor had it they used shot, nails, rocks, scrap metal bits. Not sure about improvised projectiles being commonly used, but I could see a desperate use of rocks when the market was down being plausible, but not likely.