These guns were more powerful psychologically than they were physically
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Homemade weapons are often the result of forces of insurrection or rebellion who don't have a ready access to firearms. These ones in particular would not have been particularly accurate or effective on the battlefield but there wide usage hints at a greater value than mere ballistics alone, as Jonathan Ferguson explains.
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