Double-Barreled Side-by-Side Tube-Lock Shotgun with Case ca. 1819–20 Joseph Manton Joseph Manton, one of the most influential and esteemed gunmakers in London in the late 18th –early 19th century, patented the tube-lock mechanism in 1818 (patent no. 4285). London gunmakers invented dozens of new percussion technologies in the first half of the 19th century, but the tube-lock was one of the few that was widely adopted. This shotgun is a typical example of the type made by the technology’s Double-Barreled Side-by-Side Tube-Lock Shotgun with Case. British, London. ca. 1819–20. Steel, w
Double-Barreled Side-by-Side Tube-Lock Shotgun with Case ca. 1819–20 Joseph Manton Joseph Manton, one of the most influential and esteemed gunmakers in London in the late 18th –early 19th century, patented the tube-lock mechanism in 1818 (patent no. 4285). London gunmakers invented dozens of new percussion technologies in the first half of the 19th century, but the tube-lock was one of the few that was widely adopted. This shotgun is a typical example of the type made by the technology’s Double-Barreled Side-by-Side Tube-Lock Shotgun with Case. British, London. ca. 1819–20. Steel, wood (walnut, mahogany), horn, brass, silver. London. Firearms-Guns
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