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			No need to change the thread title to "bizarre weaponry" or the like. As long as old guns are in the menu, digression is never a profound one. 
That grave protector beast in #8 seems to have an end XVIII French lock, judging by the brass priming pan. 
Here is a similar one with a different lock (i guess) from a compendium of solutions to protect fresh graves, a hobby most appealing in a determined period. 
 
And by the way, Rick ... 
What type of person would go out with that lamp gun ? 
 
 
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