Shotgun

Museum number:
2-48387
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020048387
Accession number:
Acc.2639
Description:
Shotgun, breech loading, double barreled, boxlock. Twenty gauge center fire. 28 “ barrel, overall 44 1/4 “. Marked “Springfield, Savage Arms Corporation, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts U.S.A.” and “Proof Tested-20 gauge 2 3/4 inch chamber” and “Selected Forged Steel”.
Donor:
Erich Wellington
Collection place:
Chicopee Falls, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shotgun, accession number 2-48387, described as Shotgun, breech loading, double barreled, boxlock. Twenty gauge center fire. 28 “ barrel, overall 44 1/4 “. Marked “Springfield, Savage Arms Corporation, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts U.S.A.” and “Proof Tested-20 gauge 2 3/4 inch chamber” and “Selected Forged Steel”.

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