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Marrakai
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Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun
21/07/14 09:40 PM

Agreed.
When you sleeve a shotgun with rifle barrels you have to lay ribs and regulate it anyway....
Sooo.... re-regulating a Sabatti .400 or .450, or laying ribs on a Baikal .45-70, will probably always be easier.

If you already have a good donor shotgun, then OK, but to go looking for a cheap one to sleeve to .45-70 when the Baikals are sitting right there for under a grand, well.....!

Having said that, donor shotguns need to be robust. Pretty-much what TennHillBilly said, but look for a pigeon or waterfowl gun, NOT a game gun. IMHO length of action bar, length of front lump, width of the lumps, and width/height of standing breech will dictate potential far more than whether it has a cross-bolt, or side-clips, or not.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
newbie looking for donor shotgun	ducmarc	20/07/14 12:39 PM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	Birdhunter50	21/07/14 11:15 PM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	ducmarc	22/07/14 01:42 PM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	BillfromOregon	31/10/14 09:30 AM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	Mauser416	21/07/14 04:35 AM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	ducmarc	21/07/14 05:53 AM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	TennHillBilly	21/07/14 06:44 AM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	ducmarc	21/07/14 11:46 AM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	EDELWEISS	21/07/14 05:30 PM
Re: newbie looking for donor shotgun	Marrakai	21/07/14 09:40 PM

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