Richardson Industries Slamfire Guerrilla Shotguns

Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! Iliff Richardson was a US Navy Lieutenant assigned to PT 34 during the campaign in the Philippines. His boat was sunk in April 1942, and he ended up spending more than two years fighting with Philippine guerrillas against the Japanese occupation. He was decorated with the Silver Star and also given the rank of Major in the Philippine Army alongside his US Navy position. One of the things Richardson’s men did was assemble simple slamfire shotguns to ambush Japanese patrols as a source for better arms. When Richardson returned home to the US after the end of the war, he was something of a famous war hero - a book was written about his time in the Philippines, and a big Hollywood movie was also made about him. In 1946, Richardson Industries was formed to produce and sell a civilian version of the shotgun that Richardson had famously