12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge

Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge. The Parker Gun Company was absorbed into Remington in 1934.

1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.

Modern Baikal Commercial hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge. Baikal is a Russian manufacturer and a version of this budget shotgun is known as the Remington Spartan.

Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge

Colt Model 1878 reproduction - 12 Gauge

Savage/Stevens 311A Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR210 Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR210 Shotgun Hammerless Coach Gun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR220 Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR220 Shotgun Exposed hammer Cowboy Action Gun - 12 Gauge

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The vast majority of shotguns seen in films and television are 12 gauge shotguns. Despite the existence of other gauges like 410, 16 20 and 28 as well as the older 10 gauge and 8 gauge bunt guns (and others), the shotguns most likely to be seen in a film would be the ubiquitous 12 gauge.

There are many instances of 12 Gauge Double Barreled shotguns in films, television, and video games. However it is difficult to determine the exact make and model of gun since the distinctive features are hard to make out, even in close up. However, it is possible to ID the guns eventually if enough of their details are clearly visible in a film. Several things make this possible a)The Wooden foregrips are distinctive as is the factory checkering, b)The lever that removes the foregrip is distinctive, c)The buttstock is distinctive as well as the shape as seen from the side profile. More and more of these 'mystery' shotguns will be IDd as time goes on. :)

Side by Side Shotgun

The black powder side by side shotgun is the iconic hunting or 'country' shotgun. From Jed Clampett of "The Beverly Hillbillies" to Jack Ryan in Patriot Games, the side by side shotgun has been the staple of the hunter or sportsman. The Black powder versions are iconic weapons of the Old West and percussion cap or muzzle loader shotguns are symbols of the Pioneer expansion westward throughout the 1800s.

Film

• Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams in the second and third installments of the Evil Dead trilogy

• Mel Gibson in the Mad Max series of movies (Usually Sawn Off)

• Tom Bell as Jack "The Hat" McVitie in The Krays (Sawn Off)

• Shooter and Moreno in Training Day

• Dustin Hoffman as David Summer in Straw Dogs

• Gloria Irizarry as Donna Maria Tapia in Bad Boys II

• Geno Silva as The Skull in Scarface

• Thomas Jane as Frank Castle used two in The Punisher (the first one is a long barreled hunting version and is most likely as Savage/Stevens 311H Model Shotgun. The second one is a sawed off shotgun of undetermined make and model).

• Roger Moore as James Bond and Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax in Moonraker

• Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity (2002) (in the farm's scene)

• Dennis Dun as Wang Chi in Big Trouble in Little China

• Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connel in The Mummy Returns

• Bruce Willis as Jack Mosley in 16 Blocks

• Used as a booby trap in The Way of the Gun (IGA Coach Gun - 12ga)

• Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson in Independence Day

• College

• Magda Szubanski as Brozzie Drewitt in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

• Town Sheriff at bar fight in Shanghai Noon

• Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood

• Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley in Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone

• Madame Medusa in The Rescuers

• Billy Burke as Charlie Swan in Twilight

• Steve Lemme as Jimmy in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

• Lady Gangster (1942)

• Prison Guard in Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Television

• CSI: NY (with sawed-off barrels and stock)

• Survivors

• Star Trek: The Next Generation (episode: "A Fistful of Datas")

Video Games

• Americas 10 Most Wanted (with sawed-off barrels and stock)

• Evil Dead: a Fistful of Boomstick

• Evil Dead: Regeneration

• Max Payne

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (with sawed-off barrels and stock)

• Doom series

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Sawed-Off)

• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

• Combat Arms (with sawed-off barrels and stock)

Over and Under Shotgun (O/U)

With two barrels stacked on top of one another the O/U proved to be more accurate and effective at shooting airborne clay targets and bird hunting than a side-by-side.

Browning O/U 12 gauge.

Film

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kruger in Eraser (Sawed-off)

• Chuck Norris as Cliff Garret/Danny Grogan in "The Hitman" (Sawed off)

• Gyro Captain's Son in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

• Anne Archer as Cathy Ryan in Patriot Games

• Club Fever Bodyguard in Collateral (Sawn-off)

• Used by a slaver in the film Doomsday (Sawn-off).

Television

• Dennis Haysbert as Sgt. Major Jonas Blane in The Unit (Stevens 512 Gold Wing O/U Shotgun)

• A sawed-off Overs and Under shotgun is often featured in episodes of the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Videogame

• Condemned: Criminal Origins (sawed off version with shorter barrels and an unusually short buttstock)

• Operation Flashpoint (Referred to in-game as the 'Kozlice', is actually a TOZ-34 and was added in the third official patch)

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (TOZ-34, the weapon is in the game's files but inaccessible in the unmodified game)

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (as above, now more widely available)