The Holland & Holland Paradox and Westley Richards Explora guns were shotguns, smooth bore guns with the muzzles rifled. Some.guns had full length "invisible" rifling, very light rifling and other variations.

These guns were designed to shoot both shot and ball from the same barrels. Ball here might mean true ball, cone or other projectile as opposed to shot. Paradox and Explora guns were used for hunting a mixed bag, small game, birds with shot. The "ball" for medium game, and even dangerous big game. Hunting birds, rabbits, but possibly deer or a boar, a paradox might be worth carrying. Meet up with a bear, tiger, gaur, it might be a gun to save yourself with.

Normally firing shot from a rifled barrel creates bad or donut shot patterns. The "paradox" design was supposed to allow decent shot patterns.

MY QUESTION TO ANYONE WHO USES A PARADOX OR EXPLORA OR SIMILAR.

HOW DOES SHOT PATTERN IN YOUR GUN? WELL, PATCHY PATTERN, DONUT? PLEASE SUPPLY DETAILS, GUN TYPE, RIFLING TYPE, SHOT SIZE etc.

Photo Credit: Westley Richards Explora and Diggory Hadoke

https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexplo...dy-compromises/

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