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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.
Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally owned with the intent of firing them (although original muzzleloaders can be safely fired, after having them thoroughly inspected), but instead are usually owned as display pieces or for their historic value.
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The Waffenfabrik von Dreyse company was acquired by Rheinische Metallwaren & Maschinenfabrik Sömmerda in 1901, although the Dreyse Model pistols were marketed under the Dreyse name. The pistol had an interesting feature for the time: when the gun was ready to fire, the firing pin projected through the back of the breech block , serving as an ...
The Model 3000 was available in 12 and 20 gauge, chambering 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 or 3 in (7.0 or 7.6 cm) shotshells. [1] A "slug gun" variant chambered for 2 + 3 ⁄ 4-inch shells with a magazine extension and a shorter barrel was offered in 12 gauge only, with optional open sights.
Breech-loading swivel gun with mug-shaped chamber, and wedge to hold it in place. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, [3] breech-loading swivel guns were invented in the 14th century, [4] and used worldwide from the 16th century onward by numerous countries, many of them non-European.
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The 6 bore is a .919 in (23.3 mm) caliber firearm, used both as a shotgun firing shot and solid projectiles from muzzleloaders and breech loaders, both in smoothbore and rifled long guns. Late breech loaders were designed to fire cartridges .