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Percussion Shotgun
The Percussion Shotgun was a "transitional stage" from earlier smoothbore flintlock/caplock guns (such as Blunderbuss and Flintlock Fowler) and modern breech-loading shotguns. The Percussion Shotgun obsolete to 1870's with the appearance of cartridge-feed breech-loading shotguns, but continued to be used by some hunters in different countries until about the middle of the 20th century.
The Percussion Shotgun looks similar to breech-loading shotguns with exposed hammers, but can be identified by the characteristic ramrod fixed under the barrel(s), by which accomplished the loading. Another difference is that an muzzle-loading guns is a solid, while the break-action guns is assembled in two parts.
A rare breech-loading percussion shotguns (using a paper cartridges, but still requiring separate-settable caps, likewise the Smith Carbine), howewer, can only be identified by careful consideration.
The Percussion Shotgun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midsomer Murders | Ellie Haddington | Ginny Welton | (S20E02)/Breech-loading | 2018 |