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Webley & Scott produced a number of single-shot, break open signal flare gun devices used by Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. The most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1918 at the company's Birmingham facility.
It was long rumoured that Ernest Hemingway committed suicide with a Boss shotgun, but it was later proven by the authors of Hemingway's Guns that the gun he used was a W&C Scott. When asked by one of the Robertson family if he had ever considered a Boss, King George VI replied, "A Boss gun, a Boss gun, bloody beautiful, but too bloody expensive ...
Ithaca Gun Company: 10 gauge United States: 1975 KAC Masterkey: Knight's Armament Company: 12 gauge United States: 1980s Kel-Tec KSG: Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc. 12 gauge United States: 2011 KS-23: TsNIITochMash: 23x75mmR Soviet Union: 1971 KUGS HD410 KUGS .410 gauge Switzerland: 2022 M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System: C-More Competition: 12 ...
John Olin, the son of founder Franklin W. Olin, improved shotgun cartridge designs in the 1920s by using harder shot and progressive burning powder. [9] Western produced 3 billion rounds of ammunition in World War II, and the Winchester subsidiary developed the U.S. M1 carbine and produced the carbine and the M1 rifle during the war.
Double-barreled shotguns are also inherently more safe, [7] as whether the shotgun is loaded or can be fired can be ascertained by anyone present if the action is broken open, for instance on a skeet, trap or hunting clays course when another shooter is firing; if the action is open, the gun cannot fire. Similarly, doubles are more easily ...
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The Stevens 311 is a side-by-side double-barreled shotgun which is a member of a family of 12 gauge double barreled shotguns that were manufactured by Stevens from 1877 to 1988. The actual Stevens 311 started manufacture around 1920 when it was called the Springfield 5000, changing names to the 5100 in 1931 and finally being renamed the Stevens ...
A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from 18 to 24 inches (460 to 610 mm) in length, placed side-by-side. These weapons were known as "cut-down shotguns" or "messenger's guns" from the use of such shotguns on stagecoaches by shotgun messengers in the American Wild West .