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12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
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J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge
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Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge. The Parker Gun Company was absorbed into Remington in 1934.
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1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.
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L.C. Smith Cased hardened hammerless side by side Field shotgun - 12 Gauge.
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Modern Baikal Commercial hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge. Baikal is a Russian manufacturer and a version of this budget shotgun is known as the Remington Spartan.
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Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge
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Stoeger imported Coach Western side by side shotgun with exposed hammers - 12 Gauge
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Colt Model 1878 reproduction - 12 Gauge
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Savage/Stevens 311A Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR210 Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR210 Shotgun Hammerless Coach Gun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR220 Shotgun - 12 Gauge

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Remington SPR220 Shotgun Exposed hammer Cowboy Action Gun - 12 Gauge

The vast majority of shotguns seen in films and television are 12 gauge shotguns. Despite the existence of other gauges like 410, 16, 20, and 28 as well as the older 10 gauge and 8 gauge bunt guns (and others), the shotguns most likely to be seen in a film would be the ubiquitous 12 gauge.

There are many instances of 12 Gauge Double Barreled shotguns in films, television, and video games. However it is difficult to determine the exact make and model of gun since the distinctive features are hard to make out, even in close up. However, it is possible to ID the guns eventually if enough of their details are clearly visible in a film. Several things make this possible a)The Wooden foregrips are distinctive as is the factory checkering, b)The lever that removes the foregrip is distinctive, c)The buttstock is distinctive as well as the shape as seen from the side profile. More and more of these 'mystery' shotguns will be IDd as time goes on. :)


Side by Side Shotgun

The 12 gauge side by side shotgun is the iconic hunting or 'country' shotgun. From Jed Clampett of "The Beverly Hillbillies" to Jack Ryan in Patriot Games, the side by side shotgun has been the staple of the hunter or sportsman. The Black powder versions are iconic weapons of the Old West and percussion cap or muzzle loader shotguns are symbols of the Pioneer expansion westward throughout the 1800s. As of the late 1890s, double barreled shotguns were built to withstand the higher pressures of the modern smokeless powder shells.

This section is for all Side by Side shotguns of legal length (i.e. 18" to 28" (or longer)


Film

  • One of the shark hunters in Jaws
  • Thomas Jane as Frank Castle used two in The Punisher (the first one is a long barreled hunting version and is most likely as Savage/Stevens 311H Model Shotgun. The second one is a sawed off shotgun of undetermined make and model).

Television

Animation

Video Games

  • Serious Sam and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (As "double-barrel coach gun")


Short barreled Side by Side Shotgun (Sawed Off)

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Remington Spartan Sawed Off shotgun - 12 gauge
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This is the screen used Zapala short barreled shotgun used by Denzel Washington in the film Man on Fire, very similar to Tony's lupara on The Sopranos.

Though grammatically it is more correct to say "Sawn off", the standard vernacular is "Sawed Off shotgun". This section if for any short barreled shotgun that has been modified by sawing off the barrels to a short length (either by user or factory) and has a factory pistol grip or a sawed off buttstock.

This section is for all sawed off Side by Side shotguns

Film

Television

  • CSI: NY (with and without sawed-off barrels and stock)

Video Games

  • Doom series (Sawn-off, as "double barrel shotgun" or "super shotgun")

Over and Under Shotgun (O/U)

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Browning O/U 12 gauge.

With two barrels stacked on top of one another the O/U proved to be more accurate and effective at shooting airborne clay targets and bird hunting than a side-by-side.


Film

  • Used by a slaver in the film Doomsday (Sawn-off).

Television

  • A sawed-off Overs and Under shotgun is often featured in episodes of the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Anime

Videogame

  • Operation Flashpoint (Referred to in-game as the 'Kozlice', is actually a TOZ-34 and was added in the third official patch)
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (TOZ-34, the weapon is in the original game's files but inaccessible, but available in the stand-alone expansion)