{"id":966,"date":"2015-08-03T00:43:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirates.blkline.com\/?page_id=966"},"modified":"2015-08-03T00:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:43:20","slug":"combination-weapons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/index.php\/combination-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Combination and Unusual Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big><big>Combination weapons.\u00a0 It is not uncommon to find guns built into swords, daggers, axes ans similar weapons.\u00a0 It is also common to find pistols and blunderbusses with spring loaded or manually deployed bayonets.<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/axegun60cal.jpg\" alt=\"Axe Gun\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Axe Gun<\/p><\/div>\n<p><big><big>This axe gun fires a medium sized pistol ball<\/big><\/big>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bordaxerifle.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding Axe combo\" width=\"850\" height=\"330\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boarding Axe combo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><big><big>This axe gun fires a heavier musketoon round<\/big><\/big>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ivorypistoldagger45cal.jpg\" alt=\"pistol dagger\" width=\"500\" height=\"176\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pistol Dagger<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ornatepistoldagger32cal.jpg\" alt=\"Pistol dagger\" width=\"490\" height=\"430\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pistol Dagger<\/p><\/div>\n<p><big><big>The pistol dagger shoots a light, 30 to 45 cal, ball from what is the equivalent of a pocket pistol.<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/swordgun.jpg\" alt=\"Swordgun\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sword gun<\/p><\/div>\n<p><big><big>This short sword has a 50 cal pistol mounted to it.\u00a0 Sword guns usually mount a heavier calibre pistol then a dagger.<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/swordgun2.jpg\" alt=\"sword gun 2\" width=\"634\" height=\"200\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cutlass gun<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><big>Bayonets for muskets are detachable and can be used as a hand weapon.\u00a0 Bayonet pistols have spring loaded or manually extended stabbing blades on them.\u00a0\u00a0 Such mountings are not as robust as a socket bayonet but can save your life in a pinch.<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bp1.jpg\" alt=\"Bayonet pistol2\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bayonet pistol<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bpset.jpg\" alt=\"Bayonet Pistols3\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Brace of Bayonet Pistols<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bp0.jpg\" alt=\"Bayonet pistol\" width=\"280\" height=\"161\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partially extended bayonet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 81px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/grenade1.gif\" alt=\"Grenade\" width=\"71\" height=\"72\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Grenade<\/p><\/div>\n<p><big><big>Grenades and grenade launchers<\/p>\n<p>The standard hand grenade is a small, hollow iron ball with a hole\u00a0 The hollow sphere is filled with black powder. <\/big><\/big><big><big>The hole is fitted with a\u00a0 tube of cane, wood or bamboo that allows a fuse to be inserted. <\/big><\/big><br \/>\n<big><big>Improvised grenades are common.\u00a0 typically a bottle or jug filled with black powder and nails or musket balls and fitted with a fuse.<br \/>\nIn either case, once the fuse is lit the grenade is then thrown by hand.\u00a0 It will detonate in about ten seconds.\u00a0 Give or take&#8230;.<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><big><big><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_981\" style=\"width: 81px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/grenade.gif\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-981\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/grenade.gif\" alt=\"Common Hand Grenade\" width=\"71\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Hand Grenade<\/p><\/div>\n<p><big><big>Grenade launchers are a special blunderbuss like weapon designed to simultaneously ignite the fuse of the ball grenade and launch it to a greater distance then it can be thrown by a man.\u00a0 One concern with this weapon is that in the event of a misfire, where the grenade fails to launch but the powder in the pan flashed, there is the question as to whether or not the grenade&#8217;s fuse lit&#8230;<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pirates.missiledine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/grenadelauncher.jpg\" alt=\"Grenade Launcher\" width=\"238\" height=\"297\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grenade Launcher<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combination weapons.\u00a0 It is not uncommon to find guns built into swords, daggers, axes ans similar weapons.\u00a0 It is 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