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It looked like a double-barrel 12-gauge or maybe 10-gauge with a third large centerfire rifle barrel (maybe .45-70) underneath. At the end of the show they said it was two .600 Nitro Express and a .577 (presumably .577 Snider or .577 Nitro Express)
Supposedly made about 100 years ago, but I don't recall seeing any hammers. Were there hammerless actions that long ago? Where there any triple rifles, or was at least one barrel always a shotgun? Also, all 3 barrels fired at the same time.
I know it's a silly TV show and they took some artistic license. I just wonder how much they made up out of thin air and how much they just took history and tweaked it.
I think the props department had fun modifying a modern SxS 12 gauge to make it look like an antique double rifle and they got carried away adding a 3rd barrel.
Supposedly made about 100 years ago, but I don't recall seeing any hammers. Were there hammerless actions that long ago? Where there any triple rifles, or was at least one barrel always a shotgun? Also, all 3 barrels fired at the same time.
I know it's a silly TV show and they took some artistic license. I just wonder how much they made up out of thin air and how much they just took history and tweaked it.
I think the props department had fun modifying a modern SxS 12 gauge to make it look like an antique double rifle and they got carried away adding a 3rd barrel.