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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 & Company of London.

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 "PERDITION TO CONSPIRATORS" on ons of the barrel clusters - clearly he harbored some resentment towards his unruly militia subordinates even years later.

In addition…