Colorado---

I like your thinking. I share your belief it could be formidable gun. And although there are many who would say NO way to a double gun or to a gun with one or both barrels being a shotgun, there are also some hunters who shoot dangerous game regularly with shotguns and yes they use slugs and/or they have used shot, e.g. 00.

I have been experimenting with a double sluggun and have developed 2 inch groups at 50 yards shooting 607 grain (1 and 3/8 oz) Brenneke Black Magic 3 inch magnum slugs. These are formidable slugs and I am now comfortable shooting it and being confident I can hit where I want from 20 to 50 yards with this gun. And I can get TWO 607 grain slugs off very quickly. These 607 grainers pack over 3,000 Foot Pounds Of Energy, too!

I have found that the Edward's Recoil reducers with a 1 " Packmyr Decelerator have transformed this cannon into a gun that pushes rather than sharply kicks. That makes a world of difference. And although some on this or any hunting board will say it is impossible to shoot CLOVERLEAF groups with a smooth bore 12 gauge double slug gun especialy with 607 grain slugs, I did it this weekend with my first 6 shots, 3 from the right barrel and 3 from the left. I cannot post pictures here, but I can email them to anyone who wants to see them. Maybe I got lucky. I don't know. But the gun was so comfortable to shoot and after I figured out where the point of impact was of each barrels I played around and I shot ANOTHER 40 slugs and made a BIG 3 inch hole where there was a bulls-eye, and I would just send them in the hole so I replaced targets every 6-8 slugs. With slugs that are .715 inch Dia it is easy to make a big hole out of a bulls-eye.

I know some people would say they would NEVER ever, ever use a slug gun on dangerous game especially a leopard, but the more I shoot this double slug gun and with the "improvements" I've made and the testing to find the DG slugs that this gun likes, the more I feel I would be confident to use this gun to take on MOST dangerous game. It shoulders fast and goes right there; it has nice short barrels; and when I pull the trigger it delivers a heck of a dangerous slug and I can pull the trigger twice and get TWO slugs where I want them faster than many hunters could get the first bullet out.

But just my humble opinion, based on my own experiences. I certainly don't know everything and I know some people out there do, so I will defer to them. I will just say I think you are on to something there with your double .577/12ga gun concept and I wish you well. You might find a drilling out there that satisfies your "design" except of course it would have 3 barrels. ...Man, a .577 and TWO .725 shotgun barrels one (or both) with a dangerous game slug, and one with 00 would be one heck of a DG hunting tool. I would think.