Several years ago I picked up a Hollaway and Naughton Cape gun in nice condition but the choice of rifle barrel left me baffled. Who in there right mind would couple a 12 gauge with a 32/20? The weight of the 32/20 barrel, which was enormous to match the 12ga barrel, brought the total weight up to 10 1/2 lbs.

At first I contemplated rechambering to 303 British - but decided against that as the twist would have been all wrong! So I decided to have the barrel rebored - the first step was to decide upon the new calibre. I didn't want to go much bigger in bore diameter so the posibilities were either 0.333" or 0.358" The first is too difficult to get bullets for and the second never seemed to catch on in England. Finally I decided on the 8 x 57Rmm Mauser. It's wasn't a British caliber but it's easy to reload!

I haven't got the barrels back from Sprinter in Adelaide yet - but it wont be long now!