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casper50
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Cape gun to double rifle project.
#142710 - 26/09/09 03:20 PM

Just bought this capegun as a future project. Thinking about turning it into a double rifle. The ribs are already there with sights which will save some work and look like it was made that way. It's a 16ga and 11mm something. For $200 I thought it would do the job.

A J.P. SAUER & SOHN (SUHL) 16-BORE / 11MM BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR CAPE RIFLE, serial no. 109602

Edited by CptCurl (26/09/09 10:04 PM)

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AkMike
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Re: Cape gun to double rifle project. [Re: casper50]
#142711 - 26/09/09 05:35 PM

It's BP Proofed ... Right?

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casper50
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Re: Cape gun to double rifle project. [Re: AkMike]
#142716 - 26/09/09 07:36 PM

Nitro proofed.

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doubleriflejack
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Re: Cape gun to double rifle project. [Re: casper50]
#142734 - 27/09/09 05:20 AM

I have converted a few combination guns to double rifles, but sometimes the barrel tapers, shotgun and rifle, are different, right from breech forward, so when you cut barrels to make the monoblock, each side of monoblock is not exactly the same. It varies, of course, from one caliber/gauge to another. However, even on those kinds of combo. guns, if you make a new monoblock from scratch, it works, as you can have both sides of monoblock taper and match in diameters. I believe, to be correct, smaller caliber combination guns are called exactly that, combination guns, while big bore ones are more often referred to as cape guns, as they were used in Africa. On some of these guns, the rifle is proofed for smokeless, while the shotgun barrel is not, and is often Damascus.

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