Original British 12 Bore Double Barrel Factory Engraved Percussion Shotgun by William Richards - circa 1840 British Flare Guns The serial number is 34013

The serial number is 34013

The American tactics ran counter to French doctrine as well as hard- experiences in the trenches

Viz Manufacturing of Philadelphia had a contract for these bayonets in approximately 1967

but production has ceased

Caliber: 8x50R (also

Original British 12 Bore Double Barrel Factory Engraved Percussion Shotgun by William Richards - circa 1840 British Flare Guns The serial number is 34013Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a typical British made Double Barreled Percussion shotgun, possibly intended for the large U. S. import market. It is marked on both lock plates with W RICHARDS, for William Richards of Birmingham England, who took out his patents for the percussion system in 1821. His full name was William Westley Richards, and he ran a BIRMINGHAM factory that became a national Institution before the end of the