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A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristically too large for an individual to fire from the shoulder or often carry alone, but unlike artillery pieces, punt guns are able to be aimed and fired by a single person from a mount.
e) Vintage (pre 1939) rifles, shotguns and punt guns chambered for the following cartridges expressed in imperial measurements: 32 bore, 24 bore, 14 bore, 10 bore (5 ⁄ 8" and 2 + 7 ⁄ 8" only), 8 bore, 4 bore, 3 bore, 2 bore, 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 bore, 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 bore and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 bore, and vintage punt guns and shotguns with bores of 10 or greater.
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
Franchi Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun 12: Luigi Franchi S.p.A. 12 gauge Italy: 1979 Franchi SPAS-15: Luigi Franchi S.p.A. 12 gauge Italy: 1986 Fosbery Pump Shotgun [1] George Vincent Fosbery United Kingdom: 1891 GEN-12: Taran Tactical: 12 gauge 20 gauge United States: 2024 H&R Ultraslug Hunter: H&R Firearms: 12 gauge 20 gauge United States ...
Light machine gun United Kingdom: 202,050 Colt Model 1860 Army: Revolver United States: 200,500 [52] MAB Model D pistol: Semi-automatic pistol France: 200,000+ Škorpion vz. 61: Submachine gun Czechoslovakia: 200,000 FM 24/29 light machine gun: Light machine gun France: 190,400 Rast & Gasser M1898: Revolver Austria-Hungary: 180,000 Colt Model ...
They were used to target British armored cars, as Italian forces suffered from a lack of anti-tank guns during the campaign. The Lahti L-39, a Finnish-made 20 mm caliber anti-tank gun, was nicknamed the "elephant gun" by Finnish Army troops during the Continuation War because of its stopping power, as was the British-made Boys anti-tank rifle.
In 1954, the company signed the license with a little known Italian manufacturer, which had just completed the development of a very light semi-automatic hunting shotgun, to manufacture the product, marking a new turning point of Verney-Carron entering into the era of modern industrial production.
Shotguns intended for all-round hunting are a compromise, but a 72 to 74 cm (28–29 in) barrel pump-action 12-gauge shotgun with a modified choke can serve admirably for use as one gun intended for general all-round hunting of small-game such as quails, rabbits, pheasants, doves, and squirrels in semi-open wooded or farmland areas in many ...