Aaron Newcomer @aaron@firearms.social

A couple of Robert #shotguns pictured in a French #fashion magazine from the 1830s called La Mode, Revue du Monde Élégant.

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These large 4-gauge #pinfire #shotshells were used in punt #guns to shoot multiple birds in a single shot, and they make the other ones look tiny in comparison.

The #Lefaucheux model 1859 #carbine was a small carbine Eugène Lefaucheux made with hopes to gain #military acceptance. It is a very simple design with few moving parts. It only weighs 4.5 pounds and has an overall length of 3 feet 4 inches.

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A couple of the very earliest #pinfire #shotshells ever, shown with an early example of a double barrel pinfire #shotgun made by Casimir #Lefaucheux around 1840. I love these early examples!

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One of the very few American-made #pinfire #shotguns!
This example with a sliding breech was patented in 1867 and made by N. R. Davis of Assonet, Massachusetts

This must have been a very fashionable accessory for those carrying a 7mm #pinfire #revolver in the 19th century!

In the 1980s, the company, Spalek’Arm, owned by a Frenchman named Christophe Spalek of Le Cergne, France made a line of #pinfire #shotshells and #pistol #cartridges made of plastic! 145 years after their invention!

Posted a new article on Henry H. Schleber & Co of Rochester, New York; a manufacturer of thread-wound shot concentrators that would allow #hunters to shoot ducks, geese, turkeys, foxes and other animals that were difficult to get close to, from further away.

https://aaronnewcomer.com/schlebers-long-range-thread-wound-shot-cartridge-cases/