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Percussion Shotgun
Percussion Shotguns were a "transitional stage" from earlier smoothbore flintlock/caplock guns (such as Blunderbuss and Flintlock Fowler) and modern breech-loading shotguns. They became obsolete by the 1870's with the appearance of cartridge-feed breech-loading shotguns, but continued to be used by some hunters in some countries until about the middle of the 20th century.
Percussion Shotguns look similar to breech-loading shotguns with exposed hammers, but can be identified by the characteristic ramrod fixed under the barrel(s), necessary for loading.
Some rare breech-loading percussion shotguns (using paper cartridges, but still requiring separate-settable caps, like the Smith Carbine), howewer, can only be identified by careful examination.
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 | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capt. Grant's Family (Deti kapitana Granta) | Mariya Strelkova | Helena Glenarvan | Single Barreled | 1936 |
| Olga Bazanova | Mary Grant | |||
| Yakov Segel | Robert Grant | |||
| Nikolai Vitovtov | Edward Glenarvan | Double Barreled | ||
| David Gutman | Major Mac Nabbs | |||
| Nikolay Cherkasov | Jacques Paganel | |||
| Vladimir Vesnovsky | servant | |||
| Tom Sawyer | Boris Zagorsky | Pap Finn | 1936 | |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Errol Flynn | Maj. Geoffrey Vickers | 1936 | |
| British civilian | ||||
| The Witch (Noita palaa elämään) | can be seen hung on the wall of Baron's castle | 1952 | ||
| Mysterious Discovery (Tainstvennaya nakhodka) | Gennadi Yudin | Guriy Gagarka | 1954 | |
| Larisa Matveyenko | Gagarka's wife | |||
| Aleksey Alekseev | Stepan Golovin | |||
| Georgi Gumilevsky | Prokhor Brusnichkin | |||
| Pomors | ||||
| The Leopard (Il gattopardo) | Burt Lancaster | Don Fabrizio Salina | 1963 | |
| Serge Reggiani | Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo | |||
| A Pistol for Ringo | Hanged on the wall | 1965 | ||
| The Phantom of Morrisville (Fantom Morrisvillu) | Wall decoration | 1966 | ||
| Day of Anger | Giorgio Gargiullo | Sheriff Nigel | 1967 | |
| El Topo | Victor Fosado | 3rd Master Gunfighter | Sawed-off single barreled | 1970 |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | El Topo | |||
| 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 | Single-barreled | 1986 |
| Slave Coast (Cobra Verde) | Klaus Kinski | Francisco Manoel da Silva | 1987 | |
| Dahomey Army soldiers, Dahomey Amazon | ||||
| The Witch (Vidma) | Cossacks | Single-barreled | 1990 | |
| The Horseman on the Roof (Le hussard sur le toit) | Villagers | 1995 | ||
| Lady Into Lassie (Baryshnya-krestyanka) | Vasiliy Lanovoy | Ivan Petrovich Berestov | Engraved double barreled | 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 | Single-barreled | 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 | |
| The Duelist (Duelyant) | Seen in the gun store | 2016 | ||
| Ghostly Khomus (Kyulyuk khomus) | 2019 | |||
| True History of the Kelly Gang | George MacKay | Ned Kelly | 2019 | |
| Essie Davis | Ellen Kelly | |||
| Sean Keenan | Joe Byrne | |||
| Gang members, police constables | ||||
| Daniel P. Jones | Stagecoach guard Woodside | Coach Gun | ||
| Russell Crowe | Harry Power | Sawed-off, matching pair |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House | Christopher Villiers | Jasper Moran | Double barreled | 1982 |
| North and South | Ronnie Stutes | Burnes | Double barreled | 1985 |
| North and South: Book II | Lewis Smith | Capt. Charles Main | Double barreled | 1986 |
| James Houghton | Lt. Ambrose Pell | |||
| Genie Francis | Brett Main Hazard | |||
| Beau Billingslea | Ezra | |||
| Erica Gimpel | Semiramis | |||
| Sherlock Holmes | Darya Yurgens | Jessica Carey | 2013 | |
| Tokyo Vampire Hotel | hanged on the wall | 2017 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Channel Civil War: Secret Missions | Double-barrel shotgun | no modifications | Double Barreled Percussion Shotgun | 2008 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undead Girl Murder Farce | Jutte | Single Barreled | 2023 |