Great question i have one that was made in 1883, have been wanting to find some info on it.
anybody with info about this please help.
It is called "choke". lcj
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This a double barrel shotgun. This is my second favorite shotgun in the world. The reason why it is called 12 Ga double barrel is that the barrel in 12 inches long, and every two shots, it has to be reload.
It is called "choke". lcj
The first known pistol grip shotgun is called a backpacker shotgun, with a shorter barrel, and shorter overall length. This is a very popular version of the shotgun, mostly purchased for home defense.
The narrow part at the muzzle of a shotgun barrel is called the choke. It squeezes the shot so that it stays together. Without the choke, the shot flies in all directions as soon as it leaves the barrell.
I have a double barrel 12 gauge Paris Sport, handed down from my father.
Looks like an 18" or 20" double barrel side by side 10 ga. shotgun called a coach gun because of its use by Wells Fargo agents riding shotgun on it's stagecoaches for protection.
No such thing as a 20 caliber shotgun. 20 gauge is the correct term. Blue Book of Gun Values will help. Actually, it can be called both. Especially, if the barrel has 20 Cal. etched on it.
Barrel makers are called coopers.
Grooves can be on the outside of the barrel- called fluting- and they are cut with a milling machine. Grooves can also be inside the barrel- that is the rifling. It is cut by a special tool. The earliest rifling tool cut one line at a time, gradually getting deeper and deeper. Now a rifling tool called a broach may be used- made of extremely hard material, it is pulled through the barrel by a machine, and cuts all of the rifling in one pass.
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