Richardson Industries UGLY single 12 ga.

GunHawke

Hey to Y'all [8D],

I just got a Richardson Industries singler shot 12 gauge that is loaded by turning the barrel 1/4 turn, pull it out of the receiver, load a shell and reverse the process using the "Tommy Gun" type forward pistol grip to turn the barrrel!!?? The gun is as ugly as the day is long and I can't find any info on it anywhere!!!

Help???

Thanks,
Jim
GunHawke

GunHawke

Apparently this is a "bang stick" kind of affair...either you slam the barrel back to fire the round or poke the bad guy with the barrel and it goes off!! Any idea of value....?

Thanks,
Jim
GunHawke

fastcarsgofast

How about a photo?

hrf

Sounds like the homemade shotguns used by Phillipine guerillas WW-2 and seems like I've read some were furnished by US? Basically a pipe that's slammed back against a fixed firing pin.

Dumpster Baby

http://tml.travellercentral.com/hillberg/index.html

These insurgency weapons were the only thing I could find that might be similar. Check it out.

hrf

Here's some pics:
http://www.joesalter.com/detail.php?f_qryitem=2548

And a blurb that Google found: "Ensign Richardson (USNR) was a WW2 guerrilla leader fighting the Japanese on the island of Leyte after the Philippines fell. After the war he tried manufacturing this sort of gun in the United States, but there was no market for it and the enterprise failed."

GunHawke

Thanks "hrf"!!!

That's exactly what I have except that mine has a Tommy Gun type pistol grip on the barrel to provide the oomph to slam the barrel back!

What a cool addition to any collector's cabinet! Watch for it on GunBroker!

Jim
GunHawke

Robin

Looks like something that deserves a warning like the kid in the Christmas story movie got numerous times; "you'll shoot your eye out kid"[:D]