Think of this story as a primer. In this overview we’ll cover popular shotgun actions, gauges, and designs. For the sake of brevity, we’ll mostly focus only on common and modern types of shotguns. A ...

1850 - True shotguns in common use. In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out. This period produced a number of single-purpose firearms. The forerunner of modern shotguns ...

One key difference in this type of shotgun is where the empty shell gets ejected. In modern shotguns that happens to the side, but on this WWI-age weapon it is on the bottom.

1847 - The telegraph is invented. 1850 - True shotguns in common use. In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out. This period produced a number of single-purpose firearms. The ...