[MP1000]

I checked online but all I could find was the name of the person who invented the Double Barrel Shotgun. I want to know which "Double" came first.

Thanks!

[BillM]

Shotgun came first.

"Rifle" would be a long arm with a rifled barrel. Prior to rifled barrels,
long arms were smoothbore. Loading with small projectiles was common.
Thus any smoothbore could be a shotgun.

Now, if you are talking about a twin barrel firearm specifically designed
for use with shot, I'll still bet that the double barrel fowling piece precedes
any double with rifled barrel by a hundred years or so. Wouldn't surprise
me if the earliest one was a matchlock.

Who did it say invented the double barrel shotgun?

[MP1000]

Henri Double pronounced 'Dooblay'

[notdku]

What double barrel rifles are still in production today?

[MP1000]

Originally Posted by notdku

What double barrel rifles are still in production today?

Yes, but they cost a ton of money.

[spittinfire]

Originally Posted by MP1000

Yes, but they cost a ton of money.

Very true and they're all shoulder cannons from what I've seen.

[BillM]

Originally Posted by spittinfire

Very true and they're all shoulder cannons from what I've seen.

There are some newer manufacture ones out there that you don't
need to sell a kidney to buy. Baikal, Remington, maybe EAA? 30-06
and 45-70, maybe other calibers. I've seen an company at gun shows
here in Oregon that does conversions of old double shotguns into
double rifles. Never paid a lot of attention to them, but I don't remember
the pricing being too crazy. A light double in 30-30, 303, 30-40 45-70 or some other rimmed cartridge with express sights or a low power scope
would make a GREAT brush gun. Short, quick, and accurate enough.