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I found it in the Jersey pine barrens when I was a kid. Always
wondered what the story was behind it. Imagined all kinds of fanciful
circumstances: Jersey Devil? Mob business? "Leave the gun; take the
canolis..."

Anyhow, got any ideas? What model, how old, etc.?

--
Drew

Old double, probably 12 ga, breech looks ok, looks like the barrel blew
because it got plugged with mud.

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I found it in the Jersey pine barrens when I was a kid. Always
wondered what the story was behind it. Imagined all kinds of fanciful
circumstances: Jersey Devil? Mob business? "Leave the gun; take the
canolis..."

Anyhow, got any ideas? What model, how old, etc.?

Try to clean it up a bit, acid, naval jelly, whatever. Look to see if
there's a damascus pattern. Some very old shotgun barrels were made by
twisting a ribbon of steel around a mandrel and welding it together to
form a tube. OK for low pressure black powder, but a high pressure
smokeless load could rupture the barrel.

I agree with Roy that it may be the result of a plugged barrel. Did you
find any teeth or bits of skull in the vicinty? 8*)

Cheers!
Red

Red wrote:

Try to clean it up a bit, acid, naval jelly, whatever. Look to see if
there's a damascus pattern. Some very old shotgun barrels were made by
twisting a ribbon of steel around a mandrel and welding it together to
form a tube. OK for low pressure black powder, but a high pressure
smokeless load could rupture the barrel.


Huh, it does kind of look as if the ribbon has "unwound", the way it's
twisted like that. Each barrel is unwinding in the opposite direction.
Imagine that when it blew, the muzzle end went north and the breech
end south, leaving the guy with a part in each hand, going like a
pinwheel.

I'll put it in the electrolytic bath; don't know why I didn't think of
it. But it's pretty far gone, as far as pitting.

I agree with Roy that it may be the result of a plugged barrel. Did you
find any teeth or bits of skull in the vicinty? 8*)


I should have looked around for other parts (shotgun parts, not body
parts). But I was too excited with the great find. As a kid, this was
about tops as far as cool found objects go.

--
Drew

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Take a look at this:
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I found it in the Jersey pine barrens when I was a kid. Always
wondered what the story was behind it. Imagined all kinds of fanciful
circumstances: Jersey Devil? Mob business? "Leave the gun; take the
canolis..."

Anyhow, got any ideas? What model, how old, etc.?


I believe it was Elmer Fudd's ... I recall Daffy sticking his fingers down
the barrel just as Elmer pulled the trigger.