SELMAR EGGERS WHALE GUN, BRONZE GUN METAL, SERIAL NUMBER 375, MANUFACTURED IN NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, PAT. FEB 12, 1878, WEIGHS 23.4 LBS, OVERALL LENGTH 37”
MADE TO FIRE BOMB-LANCE PROJECTILES FOR USE IN WHALING INDUSTRY IN THE LATE 1800s.
RARE, AMERICAN BUILT ANTIQUE, DOES NOT REQUIRE FFL TRANSFER OR 4473 BACKGROUND CHECK.
**SHIPPING COST TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON LOCATION SHIPS TO**OUR TYPICAL $50 SHIPPING FEE DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS FIREARM**
More info about this antique:
In 1878 Ebenezer Pierce and Selmar Eggers, New Bedford gun manufacturers, obtained a patent that focused on a means of locking the breech block in place for discharge on a breech-loaded shoulder gun (U.S. patent No. 200,338, Feb. 12, 1878). The breech block, with firing mechanism, trigger and trigger guard was hinged at the bottom of the gun so that it would open by pivoting down and forward. When opened, a center-fire cartridge (Winchester No. 8) was placed into the breech. The bomb lance was loaded into the muzzle. After loading the cartridge, the breech block was closed and locked in place. The means of locking the breech block was the patented feature. A hook-shaped stud at the rear of the trigger guard extended through a slot in the bottom of the skeleton stock when the breech block was closed. A lever mounted in the skeleton stock pivoted to engage the hook-shaped stud and thereby lock the breech block closed. The firing mechanism was cocked by pulling back the hammer that extended out the top of the gun. This gun was made entirely of gun metal.
James Templeman Brown thought highly of the Pierce and Eggers gun, and in 1887 he wrote that it was ...
... one of the latest improved shoulder-guns, and the most popular and effective that has ever been introduced in the whale fishery. It may be used with either the Pierce or Brand explosive lance. It is also one of the most attractive whaling guns in appearance. It is made entirely of gun metal, with a skeleton stock and reinforced barrel. Charge, 2-1/2 drams of powder. Its length is 36-1/2 inches and its weight 24 pounds. It is manufactured by S. Eggers, New Bedford, Mass.
SELMAR EGGERS WHALE GUN, BRONZE GUN METAL, SERIAL NUMBER 375, MANUFACTURED IN NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, PAT. FEB 12, 1878, WEIGHS 23.4 LBS, OVERALL LENGTH 37”
MADE TO FIRE BOMB-LANCE PROJECTILES FOR USE IN WHALING INDUSTRY IN THE LATE 1800s.
RARE, AMERICAN BUILT ANTIQUE, DOES NOT REQUIRE FFL TRANSFER OR 4473 BACKGROUND CHECK.
**SHIPPING COST TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON LOCATION SHIPS TO**OUR TYPICAL $50 SHIPPING FEE DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS FIREARM**
More info about this antique:
In 1878 Ebenezer Pierce and Selmar Eggers, New Bedford gun manufacturers, obtained a patent that focused on a means of locking the breech block in place for discharge on a breech-loaded shoulder gun (U.S. patent No. 200,338, Feb. 12, 1878). The breech block, with firing mechanism, trigger and trigger guard was hinged at the bottom of the gun so that it would open by pivoting down and forward. When opened, a center-fire cartridge (Winchester No. 8) was placed into the breech. The bomb lance was loaded into the muzzle. After loading the cartridge, the breech block was closed and locked in place. The means of locking the breech block was the patented feature. A hook-shaped stud at the rear of the trigger guard extended through a slot in the bottom of the skeleton stock when the breech block was closed. A lever mounted in the skeleton stock pivoted to engage the hook-shaped stud and thereby lock the breech block closed. The firing mechanism was cocked by pulling back the hammer that extended out the top of the gun. This gun was made entirely of gun metal.
James Templeman Brown thought highly of the Pierce and Eggers gun, and in 1887 he wrote that it was ...
... one of the latest improved shoulder-guns, and the most popular and effective that has ever been introduced in the whale fishery. It may be used with either the Pierce or Brand explosive lance. It is also one of the most attractive whaling guns in appearance. It is made entirely of gun metal, with a skeleton stock and reinforced barrel. Charge, 2-1/2 drams of powder. Its length is 36-1/2 inches and its weight 24 pounds. It is manufactured by S. Eggers, New Bedford, Mass.
