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RVM45
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Loc: Evansville, Indiana USA

Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...
12/08/09 03:25 AM

I am more of an admirer of the Short Double Barrel Shotguns like you see in "Roadwarrior" or "Outlaw Dove the Outlaw Years"; than I am Howdah Pistols per se...

However, one day after examining one of the Remington 870 "Witness Protection" Shotguns at tha local gunstore, I had an epiphany...

A short barelled Pump; Double Barrel; Lever Action--whatever--would be perfectly legal if it had a rifled barrel; and it wasn't over .50 Caliber...

One Minor Caveat: You have to start with a virgin reciever--once a long Gun; always a long Gun--legally speaking.

.45-70 works out very well. It should do a fair job of simulating 12 Gauge Recoil. Think about it--payloads are roughly the same, velocity is roughly the same. .45-70 would have some torque introduced from the spin created by rifling. If you build your pistol to 12 Gauge scale; the thicker .45-70 walls will make your Gun Somewhat heavier. (This is probably a good thing...)

At any reasonable range, the .45-70 should approach 12 Gauge stopping power (At least the SP you'd get from a foot-long barrel).

Idea number (2) Chamber your pistol for .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum--gets you a wee bit closer to 12 Bore...

Idea number (3) make a pistol to 20 Gauge outside dimensions; and chamber it for the .375 Winchester...

Idea number (4) If you want more "Shotgun-Like" performance--chamber your pistol for some of the .50-140 Brass that you see. Use token Rifling and a screw-in choke.

28 Gauge is .55 Caliber--so frustratingly too large to "Rifle/.410" it...

But the 3 1/4 inch .50 with noticably more shot--and regretably--a much longer shot column--should be roughly comparable. The really annoying thing is not being able to use 28 Gauge Shotcups...

Maybe you could persuade a small plastic factory to run you off a few thousand .50/ 140 shotcups--or improvise them from Aluminum foil; or thin Sheet brass...

Anyway, Colin and I have discussed the idea at some length. I don't have a Lathe at present--and can't imagine getting two Foot-Long .45 Caliber barrel blanks both chambered and turned to the proper countour without a Lathe--though I'm sure someone can...

RVM45

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To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	empirevr	08/03/09 08:12 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	szihn	09/03/09 02:12 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	DarylS	09/03/09 02:58 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	NitroX	09/03/09 03:45 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	450_366	09/03/09 06:49 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	thorshammer	09/03/09 08:20 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	thorshammer	09/03/09 08:22 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	empirevr	09/03/09 08:47 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	thorshammer	09/03/09 09:13 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	450_366	09/03/09 09:38 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	DarylS	10/03/09 01:19 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building Howdahs	NitroX	10/06/22 05:42 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building Howdahs	DarylS	11/06/22 02:35 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all building Howdahs	NitroX	11/06/22 03:01 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all building Howdahs	DarylS	11/06/22 05:48 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all building Howdahs	NitroX	11/06/22 02:55 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all building Howdahs	260rem	11/06/22 02:42 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	empirevr	10/03/09 01:57 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	DarylS	10/03/09 03:20 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	beleg2	10/03/09 05:07 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	szihn	10/03/09 06:20 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	CowboyCS	10/03/09 06:49 AM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	mehulkamdar	10/03/09 01:15 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	CowboyCS	10/03/09 01:53 PM
Re: To mr Zihn and all of you building guns...	RVM45	12/08/09 03:25 AM

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