19世纪时,射击和狩猎已经成为一种十分高雅的运动,在北美尤其盛行。一些人不惜花费大量金钱来购买各种优质、美观、新奇的猎枪。19世纪中叶以前,人们狩猎使用的工具大多是弓箭、燧发枪、火帽枪及单发步枪等;到了19世纪中后期,美国民间各种步枪组织的发展促进了比赛步枪和运动步枪的专业化,进而也加速了狩猎武器的专业化。霰弹枪就是从这一时期逐渐发展起来的,并广泛应用于狩猎和射击比赛…… In the 19th century, shooting and hunting had become a very elegant sport, especially prevalent in North America. Some people do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy a variety of high quality, beautiful and novel shotguns. Until the mid-19th century, most of the tools used for hunting were bows and arrows, flintlock guns, fire-cap guns, single-handed rifles, etc. By the mid-to-late 19th century, the development of various American rifle organizations promoted the professionalism of rifles and sport rifles This, in turn, hastened the specialization of hunting weapons. Shotgun was developed gradually from this period, and is widely used in hunting and shooting competitions ......