Double barrelled shotgun (fowling piece)

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Double barrelled shotgun (fowling piece)

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Te Papa Collections Online

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Double-barrelled shotgun, made by Forsyth Company, London, about 1810. The gun is fitted with 'scent bottle' type percussion locks invented by the Reverend Alexander Forsyth [ 1768 - 1843 ]. The 'scent bottle' is reservoir for mercury fulminate powder, a substance which explodes when struck. Rotating the 'scent bottle' deposited a small quantity of fulminate on the gun's touchhole. This primed the gun so that when the trigger was pulled the hammer struck the fulminate; and the flame ignited...

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Date created

circa 1810

Creator

Forsyth & Co.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/53718

Related subjects

Leaves / steel / wood / brass / firearms / shotguns / fowling pieces / England

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