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Shotgun owned by Willie Robertson, member of Deacons for Defense and Justice

1969-1971

Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Wood and hardened steel 20 gauge pump-action shotgun, O.F. Mossberg& Sons model 500C. Pump-action on shotgun is made of wood and has a grip with cut ridges. Shotgun has wood stock with a rubber end. Rubber end appears to have been painted red or orange at one point. Etched into metal near magazine loading port is, [Mossberg/MADE IN USA/NORTH HAVEN, CONN./500C 20 GA]. Serial number etched into metal near shotgun's trigger reads, [B07018].

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Catalog reference: 2014.60.1

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