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fourbore
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Reged: 28/03/10
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Loc: NewEngland

Re: Stoeger elephant gun
01/02/15 07:32 AM

I have one of these purchased from Dixie Gun Works back so long ago I dont know the year. 1970 give or take a few.

I believe the 22.8 is the bore diameter in mm. That would be ~6.5 bore. I think Dixie called it 6 bore. I see the catalog called in the two posts back calls it a 4. Well, even today that seems par for the course. Everything is a 4 bore. Dixie told it right and you needed to order the right bullet mold from them with the gun. The metal butt plate was a killer and stupid. Made from spare parts. I can believable that. I dont think the lock was real old either. Very poor workmanship and being young I messed up the gun more. I adding some crude sights. Cut the forearm back and converted to percussion. I always though this might make a nice gun if some one with the skills restocked it and clean up the metal work. The stock and butt plate are the worst. I just cut the hammer and added a nipple. I forget the load, but it sure could kick. Put me right back on my ass a couple times.

Small world, --- So what do we do with these now?

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Stoeger elephant gun	Tom_H	27/08/14 12:06 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Tom_H	27/08/14 12:16 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	lancaster	27/08/14 03:56 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Tom_H	27/08/14 08:14 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	NitroX	27/08/14 03:58 PM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	DarylS	27/08/14 08:41 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	NitroX	27/08/14 04:02 PM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	DarylS	28/08/14 02:04 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Tom_H	28/08/14 03:37 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	lancaster	29/08/14 01:36 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	DarylS	29/08/14 09:04 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Don	29/08/14 11:48 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	6thtexas	02/09/14 09:30 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Tom_H	02/09/14 11:16 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Igorrock	02/09/14 01:59 PM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	hoosier	07/09/14 10:45 PM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	fourbore	01/02/15 07:32 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	DarylS	01/02/15 07:44 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	fourbore	02/02/15 12:56 AM
Re: Stoeger elephant gun	Tom_H	27/08/14 11:40 AM

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