Hit or Miss with Jonny Carter

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of the double-barreled shotgun and the initial resistance to design changes in firearms.

If you look back through the history of the double-barreled shotgun, nearly every significant step forward — every design change that eventually became a standard — started out as something that at first might have looked or sounded a little odd. When the first hammerless actions appeared, traditionalists thought they were unsafe. When over/unders began to replace side-by-sides on the gun line and the competition circuit, some swore it was the end of elegance. Even things we take for gr...

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Doughty

Guest: Jonny Carter

Topics covered

• firearms history
• shotgun design
• traditionalism
• gun culture
• evolution of firearms

Keywords

• double-barreled shotgun
• firearm design
• hammerless actions
• over/under shotguns
• gun elegance

Mentioned in this episode

Products: double-barreled shotgun

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