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  2. Punt gun - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Punt guns, which use very large shells, are rarely encountered. Garden gun calibers: 9mm Flobert shot, 9mm Flobert shot, .22 Long Rifle shot, .22 Long Rifle, .22 Long Rifle shot, .22 CB Short, and 9mm Flobert BB cap

  4. Antique firearms - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. 2 bore - Wikipedia

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    Despite the popularity of the calibre in modern gun lore there is no evidence the 2 bore as named was actually used as a terrestrial and shoulder fired firearm. The equivalent calibre size equates to various punt guns used for harvesting large number of waterfowls usually mounted in 'punts' or flat bottomed boats for commercial purposes.

  6. 6 bore - Wikipedia

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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 .

  7. List of shotguns - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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    A 12-gauge shotgun cartridge in a transparent plastic hull, allowing the contents to be seen. From left to right: brass, propellant, over-powder wad, shot wad, #8 birdshot, over-shot wad, and crimp. A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in shotguns.

  9. Sawed-off shotgun - Wikipedia

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    A sawed-off break-action shotgun of the type commonly known as a lupara. A sawed-off shotgun (also called a scattergun, sawn-off shotgun, short-barrelled shotgun, shorty, or boom stick) is a type of shotgun with a shorter gun barrel—typically under 18 inches (46 cm)—and often a pistol grip instead of a longer shoulder stock.