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Actions	spring gun Remove from selection Add to selection $Archived Images\I_numbers\I1-I500\I258.02.jpg; I258; ;$ $Archived Images\I_numbers\I1-I500\I258.03.jpg; I258; spring gun; gun, spring$ $Archived Images\I_numbers\I1-I500\I258.04.jpg; I258; spring gun; gun, spring$ $Archived Images\I_numbers\I1-I500\I258.05.jpg; I258; spring gun; gun, spring$ $Archived Images\I_numbers\I1-I500\I258.09.jpg; I258; spring gun; gun, spring$ $Archived Images\I_numbers\I1-I500\I258.10.jpg; I258; spring gun; gun, spring$ Object numberI258 Titlespring gun Descriptionanti-poaching spring gun, with a large bell-mouthed barrel almost entirely enclosed in a large wooden stock bound round with iron bands, with a flintlock firing mechanism. Set into the ground or into a wooden post using a spike, the gun would be fired by means of wires running to rings on the trigger bar (missing). Poachers would unwittingly trip the wires, swing the gun around in their direction and fire the weapon. Circa 1770-1827 Production date circa 1770 - circa 1827 Object namegun, spring Object category1.80 Materialmetal, wood Dimensions length: 44.8 cm breadth: 33.6 cm

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Object numberI258

Titlespring gun

Descriptionanti-poaching spring gun, with a large bell-mouthed barrel almost entirely enclosed in a large wooden stock bound round with iron bands, with a flintlock firing mechanism. Set into the ground or into a wooden post using a spike, the gun would be fired by means of wires running to rings on the trigger bar (missing). Poachers would unwittingly trip the wires, swing the gun around in their direction and fire the weapon. Circa 1770-1827

Production date circa 1770 - circa 1827

Object namegun, spring

Object category1.80

Materialmetal, wood

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