Shotgun, Single Barrel
Production date
1830s-1840s
Description
A single barrel 16 bore muzzle loading percussion shotgun with a ramrod, cheek swell and a horn schnable. " Fishenden " is marked on the shotgun. The gun has been converted from a flint lock.
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Object detail
Production date
1830s-1840s
Credit line
This
shotgun
is
likely
to
have
been
converted
from
a
flintlock
action
in
the
1840s.
The
cheek
swell
on
the
butt
indicates
that
when
it
was
originally
made
as
a
flintlock
it
would
have
been
custom
made.
Accession number
A76.883
Collection type
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