A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristic
A punt gun as illustrated in Science and Mechanics magazine in October 1911
Flintlock punt gun compared to a standard muzzleloading rifle
Size comparison of a man and punt gun
A shotgun is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges either numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid pro
Punt gun
…A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristically…
A pump-action Remington 870, two semi-automatic Remington 1100 shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons
A Confederate cavalryman during the American Civil War
A United States Marine carrying a Winchester M97 shotgun during World War II
A view of the break-action of a side-by-side, and an over-and-under double-barreled shotgun, both shown with the action open