Shot gun made by Bartholemeo Pedrotta
Object No. H8039
The shotgun is a firearm designed originally for use as a bird hunting piece. Like early weapons such as the blunderbuss and arquebus the shotgun is smoothbored and discharges a load of multiple projectiles, or shot, rather than a single projectile. This causes the shot to scatter in a widening pattern rather than travel straight. This type of discharge is ideal for winging birds; and early shotguns were called fowling pieces. The name shotgun came from the colloquial language of the American Western frontier in the late 1700s. Shotguns have been, and are also currently used by the military and law enforcement. The spreading pattern of the shot makes the shotgun ideal for close quarters combat and control situations. However, the more common employment of the shotgun now is as a sporting gun - both hunting and skeet shooting. Damian McDonald Curator 2013
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Summary
Object Statement
Shot gun, percussion, double barrel, breech loading, side by side, 12 gauge, similar to the shotgun used to shoot the bushranger Ben Hall, metal / wood, made by Bartholemeo Pedrotta, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1860
Physical Description
Shot gun, 12 gauge, double barrel breech loading, metal / wood, reputed to be similar to the shotgun used to shoot the bushranger Ben Hall, made by Bartholemeo Pedrotta, Bathurst, NSW, Australia, c. 1860 Cap-firing double barrel breech loading 12 gauge shot gun. Length of barrels 29 1/8", overall length 44 1/4".
PRODUCTION
Notes
Made by Bartholemeo Pedrotta, Bathurst, NSW, Australia, c 1860.
SOURCE
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Acquisition Date
14 December 1966
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