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razorblade31
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hammer shotgun conversion
      #111739 - 13/08/08 03:30 PM

Purely speculative at this point, as I lack the resources, but I have been thinking about a shotgun frame double rifle conversion. The catch is that I would want to use an action with external hammers. Are there any actions which you would recommend for this, strong enough for full nitro loads? Or is this just not feasible?

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tinker
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Re: hammer shotgun conversion [Re: razorblade31]
      #112861 - 29/08/08 04:21 AM


Hello and welcome to NitroExpress!


You should edit your personal information to reflect the region or city you live in.
That's going to help the community here steer their responses and suggestions to you in the right direction.
What part of The States do you live in?

Are you considering this on budget concerns or as a hobby project?
Are you an experienced machinist and metalsmith?
Have you rebarreled and chambered many other rifles in the past?

If budget has anything to do with this and you want a hammer double rifle, look here.

There you'll see some used guns from a old, established, high quality rifle builder.
He's taken some very nice old european doubles and converted them to rifles -- including properly regulating them over a single set of sights -- by way of lining the original shotgun barrels with rifle tubes.
I handled a few of these this weekend, they're quite nice especially considering the price.
The images on his site are minimal, but I'm pretty sure he can take more photos of these and email them to you if you're interested.

The price to build your own conversion would likely be similar or more than the purchase price of these double rifles.



--Tinker

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razorblade31
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Re: hammer shotgun conversion [Re: tinker]
      #113094 - 31/08/08 04:26 PM


Are you considering this on budget concerns or as a hobby project?
A hobby thing

Are you an experienced machinist and metalsmith?
I have some machining experience, but I am not a master by any means

Have you rebarreled and chambered many other rifles in the past?
No

Thanks for your response, and the link. Looks like sort of a pie in the sky idea, I guess.

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Birdhunter50
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Re: hammer shotgun conversion [Re: razorblade31]
      #114000 - 09/09/08 08:32 AM

I would re-think the hammer gun conversion if I were you. It will most likely take some serious rebuilding to get it to where it would work safely, if ever. I once knew a man who had half of the bridge of his nose removed from a firing pin that blew out of a .410 double barrel shotgun. He had foolishly put a long shell in a short chambered gun. Luckily, it was the right side that blew or he might have been killed. It was a sidelock gun and after the blowup, the hammer on the right lock would rotate completely around on the lockplate. The gun had Floating Firing pins in it that had keeper screws that came in from the side to hold the pins in place. Like most older guns, these screws were badly worn and may have contributed to the accident, but only in a minimal way. It was going to blow up one way or another, anyway.
I know all this because he later brought the gun to me to see if I would fix it for him! I turned down the job and advised him against it being fixed to fire, ever again. Bob H.

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