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Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns
      16/11/04 08:50 PM

Several years ago I picked up a Hollaway and Naughton Cape gun in nice condition but the choice of rifle barrel left me baffled. Who in there right mind would couple a 12 gauge with a 32/20? The weight of the 32/20 barrel, which was enormous to match the 12ga barrel, brought the total weight up to 10 1/2 lbs.

At first I contemplated rechambering to 303 British - but decided against that as the twist would have been all wrong! So I decided to have the barrel rebored - the first step was to decide upon the new calibre. I didn't want to go much bigger in bore diameter so the posibilities were either 0.333" or 0.358" The first is too difficult to get bullets for and the second never seemed to catch on in England. Finally I decided on the 8 x 57Rmm Mauser. It's wasn't a British caliber but it's easy to reload!

I haven't got the barrels back from Sprinter in Adelaide yet - but it wont be long now!

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* Cape guns and Guild Guns blackbearhunter 22/10/04 08:48 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns Siskiyous6   22/11/04 06:04 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns antitank   16/11/04 08:50 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns blackbearhunter   20/11/04 05:06 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns pwm   20/11/04 06:49 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns luv2safari   20/11/04 03:34 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns NE450No2   06/05/05 10:04 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns AussieMike   21/11/04 07:34 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns luv2safari   22/11/04 04:39 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns AussieMike   23/11/04 09:35 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns luv2safari   24/11/04 01:05 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns mickey   22/11/04 04:06 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns luv2safari   23/10/04 02:22 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns atkinson6   30/10/04 01:21 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns SDH   30/10/04 05:50 AM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns luv2safari   23/10/04 02:11 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns DPhillips   22/10/04 02:36 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns AussieMike   22/10/04 02:01 PM
. * * Re: Cape guns and Guild Guns MacNaughton   05/05/05 12:58 PM

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