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A double, double, 16 bore percussion shotgun. Shame aboput he stock being broken and poorly repaired. I'd almost buy it just to have it and confound others. Might not be a one of a kind but there could not have been very many of them made. Seems like an accident waiting to happen.

Wow, that's weird.

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Like we were taught in demo training: "Dual prime, all the time."

Always remember to fire that front lock first. I doubt many doubles were made this way but have heard of single barrel guns having more than one lock. Some of them were military for shooting ball.

They must have decided there was zero chance of the front charge going off could cause the rear charge to go off at the same time. If forced to shoot it I�d never put percussion caps on the rear nipples until the front ones were fired. For that matter I�d just load the rear chamber area and forget the front ones. Wonder how much powder you get in your face, when you fire the rear charges, out the front nipples? Burning powder, six inches from your eyes, must have caused a lot of problems. Another design which died a quick death.

I wonder what wadding they used above the shot in the rear load?

I wonder what wadding they used above the shot in the rear load?

"Tight"

Jon;
I think the idea was the back locks would be fired with the front hammer down on a fired cap. This should prevent most of the blow back & what there was would be diverted upward by the shield. From what I have read on these in the past the major reason these did not catch on well was the internal Blow Back igniting the rear charge, not from any external problem. From this aspect though a shotgun would likely give a better seal than would a "Musket Ball".

I�m sure you are right about the seal. But I expect they used a thick wad over the first shot charge, under the second powder charge. Wonder what that did to the second pattern? If this was an animal it would be in a glass jar at a carnival side show.