Duck’s foot pistols are one of the iconic classic “weird gun” categories. This one exemplifies the typical pattern, with four barrels arranged in a wedge, fired simultaneously with a single flintlock action.
Traditionally, these are attributed to people like prison wardens and ships’ captains, who might have to confront mobs of prisoners or a mutinous crew. Whether this is actually supported by historical fact or is just apocryphal communal belief, I do not know…
Ian’s video: [7:37] https://youtu.be/vDvyLuSeJyk?si=
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/prisons-and-pirate-mutinies-the-ducks-foot-pistol/
Feels like it would have been prudent to make at least one of the barrels lined up with the handle.
This was my gun of choice in the video game Blackwake.