You would first need to provide all of the markings found on the gun.
nitro hunter shotgun single barrel with exposed hammer stamped belknap hdwre and mfg serial 5516
Rifles and shotguns are separate types of firearm. The Kentucky Long-Rifle was as its name implies a rifle, not a shotgun.
Greensburg Kentucky
The first recorded use of the term shotgun was in 1776 in Kentucky
Depends on what your shotgun is. If you have one of the older hammered shotguns (exposed hammer), you can decock them the same way you would any other firearm with an exposed hammer - you gently lower the hammer with your thumb. If you have a shotgun which doesn't have an exposed hammer, your only feasible way of going about this is to empty the magazine, be especially certain to ensure that the chamber is empty, and pull the trigger.
Bail38@aol.com I am asking anyone if they can tell me the value of my H.S.B. company double barreled shotgun with a brown finish and has a rooster with exposed hammers and has a rooster accompanied with H.S. and B company chicargo?
The Marlin model 24 shotgun was produced by Marlin from 1908-1915.
To find hammers for old rabbit ear shotguns check with Dixie Gun Works
Most like a utility grade store brand shotgun made at the turn of the century or there about. Try internet searches, the library, gun shows, gun shops.
Rifle or shotgun, yes, if they appear in person at the shop. Handgun- no.
18, just like it is in every other state under federal law.
Sorry- there is simply not enough information in your question to answer it. Which shotgun? Which spring?