There was another type of gun built specially for the sport of Live Pigeon shooting from traps which lasted in the UK for just over a hundred years ,before pigeon shooting it was popular using sparrows instead of pigeons One of the well known places recorded for both sparrow shooting from traps and the same for pigeons was Plumstead Marshes near London .
The percussion guns that were specially built came in large bore sizes from a 4 down to a 12 they were built with little drop at the comb so when you sighted in they were very straight with your eye only focussed on the muzzle bead this was to regulate them to shoot high , also they were minus a ramrod image enclosed
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