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Birdhunter50
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Re: marlin ou 12ga
      29/12/15 11:53 PM

ducmarc,
I had a friend who had one of these over and under shotguns that he wanted to sell me. I had considered buying it to convert to a rifle but rejected the idea because of the lockup on the gun. I honestly don't remember what it has for a lock up but I know at the time I didn't think it was fit to convert to a rifle. If your gun has a malleable iron frame on it, that to me would disqualify it for any kind of conversion, in my humble opinion.

I would suggest you enjoy it as a shotgun and find something different to convert to a rifle. Both calibers you mentioned are way too high in pressure to even think about putting into a conversion gun like yours. The .405 is about at the top of the pressure list as far as what can be done, and that needs to have a good tight donor gun with double under lugs and a third fastener on a hardened steel frame. Anything less and you may be wearing certain parts of your gun for life. Sorry to rain on your parade but I would rather disappoint you now than to have you get hurt or worse. Bob

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* marlin ou 12ga ducmarc 25/12/15 03:20 PM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga Birdhunter50   30/12/15 12:23 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga ducmarc   30/12/15 02:40 PM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga dudleybm   04/02/16 09:10 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga Birdhunter50   05/02/16 01:16 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga dudleybm   05/02/16 09:53 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga DarylS   05/02/16 12:17 PM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga Birdhunter50   07/02/16 01:03 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga DarylS   07/02/16 04:43 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga DarylS   25/12/15 04:40 PM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga ducmarc   26/12/15 02:40 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga DarylS   26/12/15 04:33 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga crshelton   27/12/15 02:21 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga DarylS   27/12/15 04:36 AM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga ducmarc   28/12/15 12:15 PM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga ducmarc   28/12/15 12:16 PM
. * * Re: marlin ou 12ga Birdhunter50   29/12/15 11:53 PM

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