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Coach gun

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Rossi Overland Coach Gun

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Short Barrel Coach Gun

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Trapshooting with a Coachgun (Pioneer Arms)

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Pattern testing a 10 gauge coach gun

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Double Barrel Shotgun Review, (Lots of Power) *Excitement* Demolition Ranch EPIC

A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a Double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from 18" to 24" in length placed side-by-side. These weapons were known as "cut-down shotguns" or "messenger's guns" from the use of such shotguns on stagecoaches by shotgun messengers in the American Wild West. They came in 10 and 12 gauge blackpowder.