However, they also played a significant role in defense and law enforcement during the century. Shotguns were the preferred choice of some mounted troops because of their close-range power and effectiveness for hitting moving targets. Military groups like citizen militias also frequently used shotguns, because those were the firearms they had. Shorter-barreled shotguns became common among strongbox and stagecoach guards to protect passengers and cargo.
The ease of use and effectiveness of double-barrel, break-action shotguns led to widespread popularity. This firearm used an action-lever that loaded a fresh cartridge from an internal magazine. This shotgun found iconic status when it was featured prominently in Terminator 2. Later, Browning designed the first successful pump-action shotgun and the first semi-automatic shotgun, the Auto Both of these John Browning inventions and their descendants are still widely used today.
Shotguns were used throughout the multiple wars of the s. Navy SEALs used shotguns because of their effectiveness when shooting at close range. Shotguns are still widely used as hunting , defense , sporting, and military firearms. The hinged breech allowed a reuseable iron cartridge to be inserted. Most sporting weapons, however, were essentially a more lavish version of the military matchlock or arquebus, with muzzle-loaded barrels mounted on rudimentary but highly decorated stocks.
Ignition was achieved by a trigger that pressed a glowing slow-match a cord treated with saltpetre on to a priming pan, from which the charge was ignited through the touch hole.
At first, single shot was used for target-shooting and four-footed game; by the s multiple shot was also used, at this date cut from lead sheet. These weapons, loaded with shot, can be regarded as the remote ancestors of the modern shotgun. An English ancestor, the English snaphance, As for fieldcraft, 16th-century and most 17th-century shooting consisted of approaching birds from cover and taking them on the ground or, more commonly, on water.
Birds must sometimes have been shot as they rose, either when flushed by mistake or brought down by a companion taking another shot. High-angle shots, however, were impossible with matchlocks, as there was nothing to hold the priming powder in the pan and, anyway, the weight of many guns required the use of rests. The slow pace of the operation kept bags relatively small.
In addition to variety, the sheer abundance of birdlife in the English countryside, most of it centuries from enclosure and further still from pesticides and other pressures, must have made for an exciting and rewarding exercise. The history of the shotgun and shooting demonstrates that shooting remained a relatively minor pursuit both as a fieldsport and as a way of taking birds on any scale for the table or for sale: the latter depended on a different armoury of equipment, including nets, lime and traps.
Nor was shooting universally popular among sportsmen. In the 16th century, when still a rarity, it was violently opposed, particularly by falconers, as the noise and smoke scared off their quarry. Engraved German wheellock by Nicholas Keucks, c The matchlock was superseded by the wheellock. Meanwhile, the technology was changing, driven by the shortcomings of the matchlock.
Coach riders and lawmen both favored the double-barrel shotgun. It was short and easy to use with devastating results at close range. From to the history of the shotgun progressed as John Moses Browning designed the first lever action, pump action and auto loading shotguns. As with many of the weapons Browning designed, the shotguns of today are still the same basic design he invented more than years ago.
Sights and optics have moved forward, but the simple design of the pump action is used by all manufacturers and very little has been changed! During World War I, the trench-gun was used for close quarter fighting in the enemy trench lines. Short in length, fitted with a heat shield and bayonet, it was extremely effective and reliable in the trenches when compared to the bolt-action rifles of that timeframe.
Again, the M-1 Garand was A shorter barrel length with buckshot proved to be more effective in the typically extreme close quarter engagements of the day. During the Korean War the shotgun became the guard weapon of choice because of its great effectiveness at close range. The muzzle of the barrel had a side-cut type of choke system that would produce a horizontal pattern with devastating effects.
The weapon of choice was a pump-action Ithaca 10 gauge with 00 buckshot, while the Remington 12 gauge was used with great effectiveness as well.
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