These large 4-gauge #pinfire #shotshells were used in punt #guns to shoot multiple birds in a single shot, and they make the other ones look tiny in comparison.

A couple of the very earliest #pinfire #shotshells ever, shown with an early example of a double barrel pinfire #shotgun made by Casimir #Lefaucheux around 1840. I love these early examples!

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In the 1980s, the company, Spalek’Arm, owned by a Frenchman named Christophe Spalek of Le Cergne, France made a line of #pinfire #shotshells and #pistol #cartridges made of plastic! 145 years after their invention!

A couple of the very earliest #pinfire #shotshells ever, shown with an early example of a double barrel pinfire #shotgun made by Casimir #Lefaucheux around 1840. I love these early examples!