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Civil War Breech-loaded SxS... any good examples?

posted 14 years ago by liven1812
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I have done research, and it would seem that the predominant amount of SxS shotguns before 1863ish, give or take a couple years, were coming from Europe, U.K. and France and such. Were there any, at least semi-popular double barrel breech loaders produced in the U.S., or shipped to the States, during or prior to the Civil War? Any names, websites? Just curious?

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 13 years ago

The film takes place in 1881, long after breech-loading shotguns were being manufactured in the USA (Hitch's 8 gauge in the film is a Colt). I'm not sure of the point of your 1863 date. You are correct that Europe led the way on the development of breech-loading shotguns. Do a Google search on "pinfire shotguns", and you should find more information.

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