Allen,
A punt gun was a literal cannon that was mounted on the front of a small boat to shoot into flocks of waterfowl on the water. A standard load in the larger ones was about a pound of shot and an equal volume of black powder. They have nothing to do with any sporting gun that was ever made no matter the length of barrel. When you hear people speak of 4 and 8 gauge guns as "punt guns" you're talking to somebody who knows nothing about the subject.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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