Rusty,

One of the guys that is in our little building group just finished building a 32-40 on a CZ 28 gauge. It is a dandy little rifle with 25 inch barrels. The whole gun weighs a little over 7 pounds. We built 3 monoblocks for the same gun. He is going to start work on 38-55 barrels next. I wouldn't have considered the 32-40 for a DR. Not sure why just wouldn't have. But shooting his makes me want one with stubby barrels to use on the rare occasion I hunt from a treestand.

I have a 22 hornet built on the 28 gauge CZ. It's nice but a bit heavy. I should have used the 410 frame but was originally concerned with wall thickness. I wouldn't think twice about using the 410 frame now.

Colorado,

The pins on the german guns I have do not have bushed pins. However all of them have small firing pins and small firing pin holes. In fact some are actually smaller than the firing pin/pin holes on my Mauser's. Thus no need to worry about that.

PWM,

Thanks for your opinion on the german guns.

Bill