Have you seen an Animal Trap Gun c1850 like this one?

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Have you seen an Animal Trap Gun c1850 like this one?

11th July 2016, 02:18 PM

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dana_w

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

RAT TRAP:

A cemetery or graverobbers gun c. 1710.
Big surprise to the grave robbers with the body snatcher trade.
Eventually they caught on and sent disguised mourners to scope out graves with these 'surprises'.

Thanks Jim.
Can you give us any background on where the image came from?

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