Trafficking Shotgun

Former percussion vancharging shotguns, handmade. These weapons were manufactured by the blacksmith of the village recovering any piece of metal pipe for the manufacture of the cannon. There are very few pressure bars that withstand these weapons so they burst very often resulting in large wounds to the neck and face. The ammunition and gunpowder used are also handmade. They are named after shotguns or rifles of trafficking, being similar to those used by slavers during the time of the capture and slave trade. Sometimes it's the same hunter who makes his shotgun.

Percussion or piston shotgun, of good size and important caliber. It is robust and is made in complete detail. The craftsman who made it or who knows perfectly well the piecerio of a loading weapon or who had a model. It has a solid stick, chimney cleaning needle, small shoe, holed by use, to avoid contact between the chimney and the hammer and therefore the rust. The clamps are formed by animal gut, probably goat, which is usually the most common. It is placed fresh and when drying it has more capacity to tighten than any metal clamp. The strap is made of leather. These shotguns are called "trafficking weapons" because they were used by slave traders. This shotgun belonged to my M'Bema tracker. Currently most hunters have a "simplex" shotgun, that is, a single cannon.