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Double Barrel Terminology

rockton
I receive The Double Gun Journal. It describes the old shotguns with terms I am not familiar with and I seem to have trouble figuring out what they are describing.


Terms such as water table and fences are unclear in their meaning.

Any old Parker or Elsie men out who can help?

Thanks

Rockton
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  • bobski
    water tables are the part of the receiver that the bbl breech sits on when closed up. its where the bbl hinge is. it is the area under the firing pins that lays flat and horizontal to the bbls. i'll let someone else field the fences, as not to hog the thread. hope it helps!
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  • Lance
    I can only recommend books that I own, or have read. Two outstanding books on history, development, and use of double guns are:

    1.Burrard, Charles, The Modern Shotgun. Reprint. Southampton, England: Ashford Press, 1986.

    A book that includes machinist's inspection drawings:

    2. Brophy, William, Plans and Specifications of the L.C. Smith Shotgun. Montezuma, IA: F. Brownell & Sons, 1982.
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  • Guns & Glass
    Trick reply, answering a question with a question.

    What keeps neighbors apart, and yet binds them together?
    Now, apply that to barrels, and the decorative, surrounding area.

    Happy Bullet Holes!
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  • woodsrunner
    The "water table" is the flat area beneath the barrels.
    The "fences" are the portions of the breach that protrude beyond the lines of the receiver.Maybe easier to picture this way, If the gun had hammers, the area of the breach where firing pins would be exposed to the hammers would be the fences.

    Woods
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  • rufe-snow
    This is a OUTSTANDING site, and the best on-line reference I've found regarding questions such as yours, i.e. obtaining definitions for arcane sporting arms terms.




    http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm#Abbreviations
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