I am trying to I.D. an early shotgun for a friend , it is a 12 Ga. breech loading gun with an unusual breech . It opens by rolling to the right on a hinge bar when the hammer is cocked , this piece also slides back to act as an ejector . It has a " 39 " inch barrel from breech to muzzle , the stock has a raised comb and has the numbers 343 on it near the butt , the same numbers are on the inside of the breech block but with a " P " in front .the butt plate rolls up over the top of the stock for about " 2 " inches .near the receiver on the barrel the letters LG inside a square appear ,on a screw at the rear of the sideplate is the number 15 , badly worn on the side plate are two lines of scroll the bottom looks like dE C ****** too worn to read . possibly military ? If I could figure out the process I would post pictures , still working on that . My brother has an old military rifle with a similar breech , he believes that to be belgian with the name Kor buhl ???? thanks for any help ......
Vintage 12 Ga. breech load shotgun
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Mine is in 12ga. There are some variations in these shotguns. The stock style on mine is different from most because it was made to be sold in Germany. These guns are known as "Zulu shotguns" and they were made from French muskets that were then converted to breech loaders during the Franco-Prussian War and converted to 12 or 10ga shotguns when they were sold as surplus during the 1880's.