Coach Protection Gun

Enclosed are images of another unusual percussion gun which is not often seen it is a coach gun for protection against highwaymen etc it can be divided into three parts and placed under the seat inside the carriage or under the drivers seat ,once again they came in different bore sizes but this one is in 12 bore .The first image shows the gun full length the other three shows it detached for placing under the seat
There will be no doubt that the odd pheasant would have also been bagged these guns were also favoured by poachers because when in a detached state they could be placed in inside pockets of their velveteen long coats
Felltwad

Had never seen one of those before @Feltwad. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

That is too cool! Thanks for sharing!

With school sports getting out of hand and parents blaming and attacking team leadership, I can see how this would be of benefit...

I was kind of expecting a "coach gun" to have a short barrel. This is way cool! Thanks for posting.

Dale Allen Raby said:

I was kind of expecting a "coach gun" to have a short barrel. This is way cool! Thanks for posting.

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Dale
That is correct this gun can have a short or long barrel take a look at the image there you will see a band in the middle of the barrel this is where the barrel can be split into to two parts to form a short or long barrel, hope that helps
Feltwad

Now I have seen everything. (Until the next surprise comes along).

The original "assault rifle".

That’s supper cool!!

That is one of the neatest guns I've ever seen.

Nice! thanks for sharing it.

Dale is correct, original coach guns I've seen have been short, to work efficiently in close quarters.
This piece has features I've observed on several take-down poachers guns.
Poachers needed guns that could be concealed rapidly when approached by the local game warden.
Relic, shooter

Street sweeper!

very, very nice

That’s not what I was expecting for a coach gun either. Real unique. I bet with a full load it would thump your shoulder pretty good

JEBMs said:

That’s not what I was expecting for a coach gun either. Real unique. I bet with a full load it would thump your shoulder pretty good

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I would rather be on the thumping end, then the receiving end!

Don’t know where or how you find the items you come up with yo post, but following you around would likely be akin to being on a constant museum tour.

Nice gun but isn't it more of a "poacher's gun"? That would better explain the need to foldup and allow to be hidden more easily.

Relic shooter said:

Dale is correct, original coach guns I've seen have been short, to work efficiently in close quarters.
This piece has features I've observed on several take-down poachers guns.
Poachers needed guns that could be concealed rapidly when approached by the local game warden.
Relic, shooter

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Most short barrel guns that were known has coach guns was the blunderbuss that was housed under the driver or coachman's seat , they were also used in jails by jailers for use in confined spaces
The guns that are often termed a poachers gun were mostly sawn off percussion and flint shotguns with cut down barrels . To the best of my knowledge there was no gun built by any gun maker to be termed a Poachers Gun .A poacher relied more on his lurcher plus his snares etc there is no way he could afford a gun he was taken a big risk to supply meat for his family and if caught would be a jail sentence or worse still transportation to one of the penal colonies The gun in the image is a coach gun which can be dismantled into small parts a stored under a seat in a coach or any other small area
Feltwad

You have a point about being a manufactured piece and not a quickey sawed off poacher gun.

How about a traveller's gun ?

A coach gun needs to be at the ready and stored folded away would slow down it's use. Many gentleman hunters took their own guns and this would be easier to travel with.