DO NOT FIRE UNTIL CHECKED BY A GUNSMITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Better safe than sorry.
I have an identical shotgun. Same markings, date, laminated barrel, etc. but no gold emblem. I'm also interested in the value. Mine has a cracked stock.
Value as a shooter. Find someone who collects this type and it may bring a small premium.
Many early ones may not have a serial number. If they do, it will most likely be on the side of the receiver. There is a small chance it will be inside, after you remove the barrel.
Yes, one gun manufacturer at least built a two barrel derringer that was chambered for 410 rounds. While a 410 is relatively small, technically is is still a shotgun, and in a pistol as small as the derringer, firing it is a wrist-breaker.
It is possible to fire a shotgun without a choke, but it is highly not reccomended, and they don't cost that much If you select a barrel with no choke (cylinder) it will cause the pattern to be looser than for a barrel of a shotgun that has a tighter choke. The extreme is "full choke" which keeps a tight pattern out to the effective range. Full choke is typically used for waterfowl. A shotgun that is pressed into double duty (shot for small game and slugs for big game) would work well to have modified choke. Slugs have to be designed to fire through a full choke without blowing the barrel but you will certainly shorten the life of the barrel by firing slugs through a choked barrel. If you can afford an extra barrel, then use a cylinder (no choke) for slugs. Remington and other shotgun manufacturers have interchangeable choke tubes (see link) that allow you to screw in the appropriate choke for your quarry.
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the Lewis model double barrel ser#106000-119320 is 1905,if the f was with the small # stating the gun"s guage it is the grade ,A-F,a=lowest,f=highest ,this is what i found today about a similar shotgun mine was 1904 #970**,with a-10 stamp found after bbls off mine not worth much but your's?
I'm not sure what you want to know. A "shotgun" is a long-barreled firearm that fires many small pellets instead of one solid bullet; "20 gauge" is the diameter of the barrel; and "single barrel" simply means it has only one. Do you perhaps want to know what it would be used for? It would be used to hunt small animals and birds or to protect the henhouse from preditors. Or do you want to know what it is worth? There are a few models made by Winchester, Ithaca, or other top-line manufacturers that have a collector value but the majority are utility guns worth from $25 for a broken piece of rust to $150 for one in excellent condition.
It means to take away from danger. For example, you would want to remove a small child from danger.
it has a wood stock with a small chip shotgun is in fair condition
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