Percussion Shotgun

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Double Barreled Percussion Shotgun - 10 gauge

The Percussion Shotgun was a "transitional stage" from earlier smoothbore flintlock/caplock guns (such as Blunderbuss and Flintlock Fowler) and modern breech-loading shotguns. The Percussion Shotgun obsolete to 1870's with the appearance of breech-loading shotguns, but continued to be used by some hunters in different countries until about the middle of the 20th century.

The Percussion Shotgun looks similar to breech-loading shotguns with exposed hammers, but can be identified by the characteristic ramrod fixed under the barrel(s), by which accomplished the loading.

The Percussion Shotgun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
The Witch (Noita palaa elämään)			can be seen hanged on the wall of Baron's castle	1952
The Leopard (Il gattopardo)	Burt Lancaster	Don Fabrizio Salina		1963
	Serge Reggiani	Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo
The Phantom of Morrisville (Fantom Morrisvillu)			Wall decoration	1966
Bad Company				1972
Apaches (Apachen)	Elsa Grube-Deister	Theresa		1973
Dissolved and Effused	Rudolf Hrusínský	Gamekeeper Hlaváček		1985
The Winter Hut on the Studyonaya (Zimovye na Studyonoy)	Boryslav Brondukov	Yeleska Shishmaryov	shompolka	1986
The Witch (Vidma)		Cossacks	shompolka	1990
The Horseman on the Roof (Le hussard sur le toit)		Villagers		1995
The Mask of Zorro	Stuart Wilson	Rafael Montero		1997
Cold Mountain	Renée Zellweger	Ruby Thewes		2004
	Nicole Kidman	Ada Monroe
The Legend of Zorro	Gustavo Sánchez Parra	Guillermo Cortez		2005
The Mirage of Love (Tuman buolbut taptal)	Konstantin Skryabin	Bylatyan	Shompolka	2007
	Gavril Spiridonov	Nyukuu
Gallipoli: End of the Road	Enes Egemen Güzel	Ali, Mushin's son		2013
Free State of Jones	Matthew McConaughey	Newton Knight		2016