Dane gun

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The Dane gun was originally a type of long-barreled flintlock musket imported into West Africa by Danish traders prior to the mid-19th century. The term is now used chiefly by Europeans living along the west African coast to generally describe any indigenously made firearm of this type.[1][2]

Local names for these firearms vary from language to language, but are generally something that "seem[s] to mean or imply a 'native gun'".[1] They are produced in large numbers by local blacksmiths, and are used mostly for hunting game, replacing traditional hunting weapons such as the bow and spear.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; Christopherson, "Some Special West African English Words", 210.
  2. Dane Gun: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary