Double Barrelled Shotgun
A double-barreled shotgun is a Break action, break-action shotgun with two parallel gun barrel, barrels, allowing two single shots to be fired in quick succession or simultaneously. Construction Modern double-barreled shotguns, often known as ''doubles'', are almost universally break action, with the barrels hinge down at the rear to expose the breech ends for unloading and reloading. Since there is no reciprocating motion, reciprocating action (firearms), action needed to eject and reload the shotgun shell, shells, doubles are more compact than repeating designs such as pump action, lever action, bolt action, or semi-automatic shotgun, self-loading shotguns. Barrel configuration Double-barreled shotguns come in two basic configurations: * side-by-side (S×S) — the two barrels are arranged horizontally; * over-and-under (O/U) — the two barrels are arranged vertically. The original double-barreled guns were nearly all S×S designs, which was a more practical design for mu ...
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