Original Early Victorian Double Barrel 10 bore Percussion Shotgun circa 1840 - 1850 Japanese Documents and Books went into the navy while

went into the navy while William joined the Army and went to India

This fuze ignites the expelling charge in the shell as it attains the proper altitude

Berdan II "bolt"

It belongs in a museum

Then a German soldier lured Hendrick and his men into a trap by attempting to surrender

Original Early Victorian Double Barrel 10 bore Percussion Shotgun circa 1840 - 1850 Japanese Documents and Books went into the navy whileOriginal Item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. It is a heavy old beast of a gun, dating to 1840 1850, with the markings all worn off, so it could have been made in the United States. Made with 28" barrels and measuring 43" in overall length, this is just the sort of DB Shotgun used on Stage Coaches and such up to and during the U. S. Civil War. Back