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Conservation-restoration work on historic firearms is a series of procedures designed to stabilize, repair or restore parts, and stop deterioration. [1] Stabilizing a firearm means establishing the ideal environment conditions, removing corrosion, replacing missing components, and repairing broken parts.
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.
The TOZ-66 is a successor of the TOZ-63, an earlier double-barreled shotgun that featured a similar break-action design but with internal hammers. The TOZ-66, however, stood out because of its external hammers - this feature gave hunters manual control over each barrel’s readiness to fire, making it reliable in operation. [2] [3]
The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, Riot Gun, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Model 1897 was an evolution of the Winchester Model 1893 designed by John Browning. From 1897 until 1957, over one million of these ...
Daniel Myron Lefever (August 27, 1835 – October 29, 1906) was an American gun maker, popularly known as "Uncle Dan Lefever". He is best known [ citation needed ] as the inventor of the hammerless shotgun , first introduced in 1878.
Annie Oakley posing with a single shot Stevens rifle in hand, with the Spencer shotgun being the right of the two guns leaning on the prop rock. The Spencer 1882 is an early example of pump-action shotgun. It is a hammerless design and uses an unrefined and complex cycling design in which the toggle breech pivots up and down when cycling. [1] [4]
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For the first 20+ years of production, Parker Bros. used an exposed hammer design, but by 1888 the first hammerless guns were offered for sale. Parker guns were offered in 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 28 and .410 gauges. There is an experimental example known to have been produced in 18 gauge.