Posted 11 years ago
Jono
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Here are a couple of 22 personal protection handguns that I have had in the family for as long as I can remember.
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Posted 11 years ago
Jono
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Here are a couple of 22 personal protection handguns that I have had in the family for as long as I can remember.
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Thought you might like this. Have you ever seen a Zulu beech load? My brother has that family firearm. Very cool
Zulu? A Martini?
I believe it's Belgian made. Looks like this. Smooth bore.
http://phoenix.backpage.com/SportsEquipForSale/classifieds/EnlargeImage?oid=20236980&image=20236978
It's a Snider. Brits made them in .577 cal. I had never heard them called a Zulu.
I will ask my brother to send some pictures.
Jono, Sniders (memory told me Snyders when I 1st saw the pic), were rifled but many rifled guns from the military were bored later for shotgun use by civilians. The only military gun I remember, right off hand, bored smooth for a shotgun was a few 45-70 trap-door Springfield's issued for hunting small game(By the U.S.). Of course many well used rifles became worn enough to appear to be smooth-bore.
Good authoritative article on the gun we have:
http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=16785,DATABASE=objects
The Zulu is probably the only example of a muzzleloading rifle converted into a breechloading rifle, and then again converted into a breech loading shotgun. A converted conversion. It was used in American long after World War I. It was a serviceable gun for anybody who could not afford anything fancier. They were sold by Sears and others in America for $3.00-$4.00 in the 1880's.
Here are some Images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=zulu+shotgun&sa=X&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=V4pQUp2fD6_8yAGW9YFA&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1440&bih=799&dpr=1
Wow Jono, that was a lot of info. It was very interesting but have to admit that I almost fell asleep about 2/3 way thru. I did learn a lot though. I've been collecting antique guns since 9 yrs old (or 1955) & only ran into 1 Snider that a friend(as a kid) offered me for maybe $15-20 & I passed. In those days, I could pickup CW contract rifles for that price & 45-70 Springfield's for $10-15. Boy, those days are long gone!! Never remember seeing anything like a Zulu at any gun shows but I wasn't interested in other than Amer. guns & maybe a few smg's along the way. Well maybe the occasional Luger, Mauser etc. if collector's items. Thanks for the history lesson but I doubt if I would give $15-20 today for one & not more than $60-70 for the "Zulu". The Snider patent was used legally & ill-legally. Still was an interesting history lesson even if I wasn't interested in this model.
My apologies blunderbuss. My brother emailed me the info and I passed it along. I should have read it first.