africanexplorer
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Loc: Fort Worth Texas
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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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Loc: Victoria, Australia
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Looks to me like a sleeved shotgun.
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africanexplorer
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Ahhh,, I thought the barrels looked interesting...
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500Nitro
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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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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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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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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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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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