Welcome to at present’s Photo of the Day! Here we’ve got a really early instance of an Anti-Bandit gun. This is the California Arms Co Defiance/Anti-Bandit 20 gauge shotgun. These popped up within the mid to late Twenties and had been marketed in the identical useless because the extra profitable Ithica Auto and Burglar shotguns. These had the excellence of being marketed as a possible non-lethal weapons. By that I imply it was not solely made to make use of odd shotgun shells equivalent to buckshot but additionally 20 gauge tear fuel shells. This sadly didn’t catch on since shotgun shells hauling tear fuel don’t pack a lot of a punch, in reality, you would wish to fireplace fairly a bit.
“Manufactured between 1926 and 1930 and marketed by the California Arms Co. as a self defense and anti-bandit gun to compete with the Ithaca Auto and Burglar gun. Features a single bead sight, blue steel barrels and breech block, 2 1/2 inch chambers, open chokes, spring strikers with knurled cocking knobs, and cast aluminum frame and forend. The frame was designed to be similar to the Colt Government Model grip with storage space for two 20 gauge shotgun shells. It is estimated that only about 300 were manufactured.”
Lot 2602: California Arms Two Digit Serial Number 20 Defiance/Anti-Bandit – Scarce California Arms Co. Two Digit Serial Number 20 Defiance/Anti-Bandit Class Iii/Nfa Aow. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved December 18, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/75/2602/california-arms-two-digit-serial-number-20-defianceantibandit.
