there's one of those in a museum on the Golden Lane in Prague, along with a few other melee-gun combos:
https://bsky.app/profile/richterscale.bsky.social/post/3kq46dqtnyy2r
so you can shoot, stab, and damn your enemy, all at the same time?
I think I saw this at Prague Castle fr. Basically a 40K weapon. I liked the ones that were guns, but also axes.
The pride of Bohemia
"Hey, why did you bring a Brannock Device to the battle?" (dies)
This image goes so hard I basically sprung out of bed to shove it in my partner's face. Absolutely sick.
Just looking at this gives me a strong desire to press L2 and watch it transform into a steampunk chainsword.
Every time I see a huge blade on the edge of a gun barrel I think about how much it must have sucked to aim. I've seen some halberds with pistols integrated into them as well.
I guess the idea is you're only going to be shooting someone right in front of you, or they're purely ornamental weapons.
They probably would have all been smooth-bore so aiming was more of a suggestion beyond point-blank range. That being said I think you're right about the assumption these are mostly ornamental, they were probably the old timey equivalent of mall ninja shit except with better craftsmenship
Dost thou think it would be quite gay to giveth the Baron the holyknifegun?