AUTHENTIC SCATTERGUN DISPLAYED
Below, are photos of the "authentic" scattergun that Clyde Barrow had fashioned
by cutting down the barrel from his Browning Automatic Rifle. Now displayed in the
Missouri Highway Patrol's Museum in Jefferson City, are the scattergun and license
plate recovered immediately after the Joplin shootout, along with photos of the gang.

This weapon, along with it's armored piercing bullets, had sliced through an armored
police vehicle, like a hot knife through butter, and would splinter a tree like kindling.

One photo, shows Clyde posing at a roadside sign that he had used for target practice,
his hand is resting through a fist sized hole which he likely made with this weapon.
Michael Webb


BARROW'S SCATTERGUN IN THE MUSEUM'S DISPLAY CASE




CLOSE-UP OF THE RECEIVER SECTION




SHORTENED BARREL




SERIAL NUMBER ON WEAPON


serial # 78447, can bee seen in this close-up


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