并排自启动弹丸锁式霰弹枪 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	并排自启动弹丸锁式霰弹枪
品名（英）	Side-by-Side Self-Priming Pellet-Lock Shotgun
入馆年号	1919年，19.53.65
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者	Joseph Egg【1775 至 1837】【英国人（出生于法国）】
创作年份	公元 1810 - 公元 1860
创作地区	原产国: 英格兰, 伦敦（Country of Origin: England, London）
分类	枪支打击（Firearms-Guns-Percussion）
尺寸	长 44 5/8 英寸 (113.4 厘米); 长 of barrel 28 英寸 (71.1 厘米); Cal. of left barrel .619 英寸 (15.7 毫米); Cal. of right barrel .610 英寸 (15.5 毫米); 重 5 磅 11 盎司 (2580 g)
介绍（中）	这款猎枪专为狩猎和运动而设计，具有新颖的自吸机制，枪管后面有一个储液器，用于储存微小的雷酸弹丸。尽管该设计以危险著称，但其巧妙地将机械装置的部件隐藏在枪托和锁的内部，保持了传统冲击式霰弹枪的外观，这一设计引人注目。1825年，乔治四世（1762-1830）从Egg公司购买了一支类似的自吸式霰弹枪。 19世纪初，欧洲的枪支技术突飞猛进。伦敦的精英枪械制造商，专注于优化精度、操控性和速度，以满足英格兰体育贵族的期望，处于其发展的前沿。在1780年代和1790年代取得的设计进步的基础上，特别是对燧发枪点火机构的改进，他们在接下来的三十年里获得了数十项专利，涉及各种令人眼花缭乱的新技术，从改进的锁紧机构到新颖的枪管制造技术，竞相保护和营销他们的发明。这一时期的许多伦敦火器都是手工制作的，精度极高，除了设计优雅外，还表现出非凡的机械独创性。这种在枪支领域的创造性推动可能是在英国工业革命的更广泛背景下进行的，这一时期以赞美技术进步和庆祝个人发明家和工程师为标志。
介绍（英）	Made for hunting and sporting, this shotgun features a novel self-priming mechanism with a reservoir for tiny fulminate pellets behind the barrels. Despite its reputation for being dangerous, the design is remarkable for its clever concealment of the mechanism’s components inside the stock and lock interiors, maintaining the outward appearance of a traditional percussion shotgun. George IV (1762–1830) purchased a similar self-priming shotgun from Egg in 1825. Firearms technology advanced at a rapid pace in Europe in the early nineteenth century. London’s elite gunmakers, intensely focused on optimizing accuracy, handling, and speed to meet the expectations of England’s sporting gentry were at the forefront of its development. Building on design advancements made in the 1780s and 1790s, particularly the refinement of the flintlock ignition mechanism, they secured in the next three decades dozens of patents for a dizzying variety of new technologies ranging from improved lock mechanisms to novel barrel-making techniques, competing to protect and market their inventions. Handmade with remarkable precision, many London firearms of the period display extraordinary mechanical ingenuity, in addition to being elegantly designed. This creative push in the firearms field may be framed within the broader context of the Industrial Revolution in England—a period marked by the glorification of technological advancements and the celebration of individual inventors and engineers.