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  2. Massachusetts Arms Company - Wikipedia

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    The company also produced single- and double-barrel shotguns, including both box-locks and external central hammers. Later it manufactured a selection of 20- and 28-bore Maynard-action shotguns of 1865 and 1873 patterns. With civil war looming some Southern states purchased Maynard rifles from the company for their state militias.

  3. Double-barreled shotgun - Wikipedia

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    A view of the break-action of a typical over-and-under (O/U) double-barreled shotgun, with action open and the ejectors visible Two .410 shells being loaded into a side-by-side, double-barrel shotgun. A double-barreled shotgun, also known as a double shotgun, is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots that ...

  4. List of multiple-barrel firearms - Wikipedia

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    Nikonov machine gun: Izhmash: 5.45×39mm Soviet Union: 1977 Nordenfelt gun United Kingdom: 1873 Rheinmetall MG14Z: Tactics Group GmbH: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 2014 Rheinmetall RMG 7.62: Rheinmetall Defence: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 2013 Twin Bren: 7.62×39mm China: 1935 Type 89 machine gun: 7.7×58mm Arisaka Japan: 1929 Type 100 machine gun: 7 ...

  5. J. C. Higgins - Wikipedia

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    J.C. Higgins Model 20 - 12 Gauge Shotgun - Originally sold by Sears J.C. Higgins bicycle on display at the Pioneer Auto Museum, Murdo, South Dakota.. From 1908 until 1962, Sears, Roebuck & Company sold a wide variety of sporting goods and recreational equipment, including bicycles, golf clubs, rifles, shotguns, and revolvers under the brand name "J. C. Higgins."

  6. W. W. Greener - Wikipedia

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    The choke bored guns performed better than the cylinder guns in all these tests, and W.W. Greener choke bore guns won the class 1, class 2 and class 4 categories. Greener Choke bores also won at the London Gun Trials of 1877 and 1879, and the Chicago Field Gun Trial of 1879.

  7. Coach gun - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Category:Multiple-barrel firearms - Wikipedia

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    Multi-barrel machine guns (1 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Multiple-barrel firearms" ... Cape gun; Chiappa Double Badger; Chiappa M6 Survival Gun; Chiappa Triple Crown;

  9. Firearm propellant - Wikipedia

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    Bulk powders were intended to offer advantages of smokeless powder for use in firearms designed for black powder. Charges of bulk powder are loaded in the same volume appropriate for black powder. Early formulations including partially nitrated cellulose with potassium nitrate or barium nitrate were more successful in shotguns than in rifles.