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africanexplorer
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Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles??
#147722 - 12/12/09 02:38 PM

Long time Lurker curious about Hawes Matador II double rifles. I have never heard of them. I have made an offer on a 500 Nitro and want to research before the purchase goes through..

thanks for any input..

Jason

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500Nitro
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: africanexplorer]
#147723 - 12/12/09 02:46 PM

Looks to me like a sleeved shotgun.

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africanexplorer
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: 500Nitro]
#147725 - 12/12/09 02:50 PM

Ahhh,, I thought the barrels looked interesting...

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500Nitro
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: africanexplorer]
#147726 - 12/12/09 03:00 PM

A conversion of a Shotgun to a double rifle by sleeving barrels into them or something like that.

Personally, for that money, I'd go to Cabella's and buy a Sabatti in 500NE for US$5000 - at least it was made by a gunmaker and proofed.

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Metalguy
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: 500Nitro]
#147729 - 12/12/09 03:24 PM

I bet I wouldn't want to pack it around more than 15 minutes at that weight.

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500Nitro
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: Metalguy]
#147731 - 12/12/09 03:33 PM

yes, they get a bit heavy if they are not balanced.

I have a 13lb 500 Nitro, carried it 20kms one day,
thank god you can put it over your shoulder and grab
the barrels is all I can say LOL.

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AkMike
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: 500Nitro]
#147740 - 12/12/09 06:46 PM

I'll bet that there are Spanish Proofmarks on it if you look. Hawes used to import alot of 'pistolas' from Spain and I'd guess it's along those lines.

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africanexplorer
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Re: Whats the story on Hawes Matador II double rifles?? [Re: 500Nitro]
#147811 - 13/12/09 10:29 AM

The Gun store told me it was a converted 10 guage... Ill pass for now... thanks for all the input!

Jason

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