Belgian double barrel shotgun

Titles: Belgian double barrel shotgun (Supplied title)

Description: Belgian double-barreled percussion shotgun. The shotgun was reportedly used by Native American scout John Other Day during the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War while escorting white settlers from the Yellow Medicine Agency to Hutchinson, Minnesota. The gun has a straight walnut stock with an iron butt plate and a replaced trigger guard. The bar locks, butt plate and butt plate tang have coarse foliate scroll engraving. The shotgun's Damascus barrels have shortened and a brass bead sight was added afterward. The underside of each barrel has provisional and standard-load proofs from Liege, Belgium.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1840 - Not later than 1860 (Creation)
• Exactly 1862 (Use)

Creation

• used by: Other Day, John

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 3315.H461

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 87.5 centimeters length (overall)
• 48.6 centimeters length (barrel)
• 19 1/8 inches length (barrels cut off)

Subjects

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