Thread: Brace Yourself

She came out to NZ with Mr. great great Grandaddy Pointer, around 1890. The ship stuck rocks not far off the Auckland Islands, and grandpappy Pointer was marooned in a lifeboat with this gun, and a leather belt of ammo (long since disintegrated.) He paddled the lifeboat to shore with this gun, hence the metalworks condition, and remarkably survived for 4 months. He used what remaining ammo he had on the local penguins to start, and when he ran out of ammo, He took to clubbing seals with it, until he was rescued by a passing whaling ship who saw his fires used to cook seals and render their fat.

Brilliant mate.....