O/U guns were made in muzzle loading days by a number of gun makers.
And German gunmakers were building stack-barrel rifles & shotguns in the 1800's.
But perhaps the best known, "first", and best modern O/U shotgun might be the John Browning designed Superposed, introduced in 1930 and sold by FN Browning.
Well, original "over and unders" were made in the 16th century as double firing arquebuses and pistols using wheelock firing mechanisms. Very likely immediately adopted for sporting purposes by the nobility. Probably in Italy or Germany.
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