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The Intriguing History Of The Shotgun - Blog.GritrSports.com

The modern shotguns we know today come from a long, proud history packed with English Royalty, genius inventors, innovative hunters, military strategy, ...

A Look Into The History Of Semi-Auto Shotguns - Wildfowl

Browning. In 1890, Christopher Spencer's pump-action shotgun foretold the repeating shotgun that gave hunters multiple shots; three, four or ...

Timeline on Shotgun Developement - CAS City

In America with its colonial history, subsistence hunting was almost universal. American guns tended to the basic single loaders, surplus ...

Throwback Thursday: The Legend of L.C. Smith Shotguns

“And I'm always on the lookout for more …” L.C. Smith Shotgun. The production history behind the “Sweet Elsie,” as L.C. Smith shotguns have come ...

History of the Semiauto | Ducks Unlimited

Browning patented the first semiauto shotgun, the Auto-5, in 1900. The original Auto-5 delivered five shots as fast as you could pull the ...

Gun Timeline | History Detectives - PBS

1364 - First recorded use of a firearm. 1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by ...

What kind of double-barreled shotguns were used in the 1830s?

Here's a primer on how the scattergun came into being. https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/looking-back-at-shotgun-history ...

The Rise and Fall of the American Side-by-Side Shotgun

Take a look back at some of the greatest double-barrel shotguns ever made from the greats like Parker, A.H. Fox, and Ithaca.

History of Shotguns in U.S. Special Forces during GWOT ... - YouTube

Here I cover shotguns I used during my 17 years in Special Forces. Plus shotgun breaching methods, reloading techniques, ammunition, ...

The Double Barrel Side by Side Muzzle Loaded Shotgun History ...

In the last 20 years of the 19th century, hammerless (actually internal hammer) shotguns appeared on the scene. British gun makers used the ...

History of the Shotgun House - Country Roads Magazine

By 1900, local carpenters were looking at pattern books to build them. By 1910, pattern books featured the California bungalow, or Craftsman- ...

Shotguns: Hammerless Shotguns

To cock the shotgun, the user pulls back the hammers using the long spurs at the end of the hammer, until they lock when pulled back. Then ...

Historic Old West Shotguns - YouTube

History of shotguns in the Old West ***Correction: the 1887 lever action can carry 6 rounds....not 7.**** Special thanks to Slick Sixguns: ...

The Parker Gun: Its History and Evolution

There is also another back-action Charles Parker Maker variation that looks like Meriden Manu- facturing gun without having the T-latch. PARKER BROTHERS HAMMER ...

History Primer 197: Bannerman 1890 Shotgun Documentary

Othais and Mae delve into the story of this classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.

Firearms

Among the firearms commonly associated with the early colonists was the German-made blunderbuss, an early version of the shotgun that featured a ...

Colt Shotguns of the Old West: 1878 and 1883 - YouTube

When someone says "Old West Colt", the first thought is usually not double barreled shotguns. However, Colt made two quite high-end ...

Double-barreled shotgun - Wikipedia

A double-barreled shotgun, also known as a double shotgun, is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots that can be fired ...

Shotgun - New World Encyclopedia

Double barrel shotguns of either type are usually the most expensive shotguns, with good ones starting at about US$1200 and going as high as US$100,000. The ...

Greatest Shotgun in History? | Browning Auto 5 - YouTube

Greatest Shotgun in History? | Browning Auto 5: The Browning Auto 5 stands out as one of the most revolutionary and iconic shotguns in ...