![]() ![]() By the end of the 1950s it was strictly a Winchester Custom Shop item and cost as much as an automobile. The remaining high quality American doubles basically disappeared from the market after WW II.Īn exception was the Winchester Model 21, which soldiered on as a limited production product for many years. The Second World War halted the manufacture of almost all sporting guns and the post-war world economy was not conducive to the manufacture of fine double guns. Many gun makers failed and most of those who survived were in desperate financial straits. The Great Depression hit the manufacturers of luxury items, like hunting guns in general and deluxe shotguns in particular, very hard. The First World War curtailed the production of most civilian firearms, caused a great upheaval in the domestic arms business, and marked the end of several companies. Historically, the 20th Century was not kind to the American double gun. Although the famous Lefever Arms gun had side plates it was basically a box lock design, albeit a very inventive one. The latter was the sole American sidelock gun. Fox, Ithaca, Winchester 21, Lefever, and L.C. The best known of the great American double guns are the Parker, A.H. Most were box lock designs, as that type of action quickly became the American standard, but there was at least one famous side lock gun. Co.ĭuring the last quarter of the 19th Century and the first half of the 20th Century some fine side by side, double-barreled shotguns were made in the USA. Illustration courtesy of Connecticut Shotgun Mfg. ![]()
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