Found this thing yesterday. It looks like a shotgun of modest caliber but upon closer examination, it is what is called a "Garden Gun" which is a new one on me.
https://i.imgur.com/RN7OURe.jpg
It opens like a shotgun
https://i.imgur.com/iuEjIso.jpg
The left barrel is chambered for a 6mm <spit> Flobert cartridge (~.22), the left for a 9mm rimfire shot cartridge. Another new one on me and something that you can still purchase. Oh joy!
Shot the .22 barrel into the pool but couldn't find the damn projectile. Maybe I'll try again later.
Anyway, the gentle Germans would use these to wipe out jews pests in their gardens. Not really long range... maybe 20 yards? A bit more perhaps?
Utterly useless except as a thing that one can post about on a forum.
A German (what else?) Garden Gun
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Re: A German (what else?) Garden Gun
Good for hunting fruits and vegetables. Not so much for hunting gators.
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Re: A German (what else?) Garden Gun
It would just piss a gator off. Not even that probably.
I may need to do a range report.
I may need to do a range report.
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Re: A German (what else?) Garden Gun
Given its name and ballistics, what do you think its applications are?
ETA I just ran across a small paragraph in a gun catalog that mentioned “birds and rabbits”.
ETA I just ran across a small paragraph in a gun catalog that mentioned “birds and rabbits”.
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Re: A German (what else?) Garden Gun
Small small small "game". Garden pests like mice and rats. Snakes maybe. have read that an attraction is that can be shot indoors with impunity (sort of).
That left barrel is 9mm Flobert, not 6.
You know I had that Toma pistol that cyclists would use to keep importuning dogs (and peasants) at bay. Interesting that gunpowder was viewed as a panacea back then.
That left barrel is 9mm Flobert, not 6.
You know I had that Toma pistol that cyclists would use to keep importuning dogs (and peasants) at bay. Interesting that gunpowder was viewed as a panacea back then.
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Re: A German (what else?) Garden Gun
Sawed off double barrel 16 ga. AKA "snake charmer" to be carried on the tractor while bush hogging.
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Re: A German (what else?) Garden Gun
Hey ed, do you have an over/under of any kind? My buddy had a sweet one years ago, before it was stolen by some rat bastard fucker. It was a .30-06 rifle with a 14 gauge shotgun. We used to hunt gators with it.