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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Shot Gun
Type:Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Measurements:overall: 37 in; 93.98 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK L.B.1.16
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Percussion cap muzzle loading shotgun with 22 1/2" barrel, rear half octagonal, front half round. Light walnut stock extending to 7 1/4" from muzzle and terminating in a horn tip. Engraved brass butt plate, trigger guard, and two ramrod guides. Engraved brass plate opposite lock plate, indentation for a missing brass star on left side of butt. Ramrod missing. Round wire swivel, swivel on trigger guard missing. Not marked. S stamped on under side of butt.
Weight: 5 lbs
In rather poor condition.

Tags:
firearms; weapons

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