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Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound
      26/04/18 09:57 PM

It's in my grubby little mitts now...

What a pearler of a gun! Well used, but intact and sound.

The really interesting bit, of course is the pair of tubes. The gun weighs about 7 1/4 lbs, but is nose heavy for a 28" gun, balancing about 2 inches ahead of the hinge. The smooth-ish bores are proofed at 13/1 (.719”-.729”) and are .722”, and the walls a minimum of .050”. The “rifling” is of a form reminiscent of Charles Lancaster’s oval bore patent, but with three wide, shallow, rounded “grooves”, with a major diameter of about .738”. They run full length, and, as best I can work out, have a rate of about 1 turn in 48 inches. No choking to speak of. It is only really visible as a definite triple-helical pattern of light and shadow when the bores are held up to a good light.

Looks like a shotgun on the outside, but feels like a rifle and looks it, too, on the inside. This should be fun - if I can figure out what to feed it.

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* T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound cadet 10/04/18 12:10 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound TH44   11/04/18 08:41 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound tinkerModerator   11/04/18 10:40 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound Kynoch   11/04/18 12:05 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound cadet   11/04/18 12:58 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound DarylS   12/04/18 03:38 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound cadet   12/04/18 08:20 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound Kynoch   12/04/18 10:17 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound Sarg   12/04/18 07:46 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound DarylS   13/04/18 03:12 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound 93x64mm   13/04/18 07:43 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound bouldersmith   15/04/18 09:26 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound cadet   26/04/18 09:57 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound rigbymauser   28/04/18 12:11 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound DarylS   28/04/18 12:40 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound cadet   29/09/18 03:59 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound 93x64mm   01/10/18 07:27 AM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound DarylS   01/10/18 01:49 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound CommandCar   24/10/18 03:26 PM
. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound Bavarianbrit   18/04/19 04:06 AM
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. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound cadet   29/09/18 08:48 PM
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. * * Re: T. Bland "Euoplia" inbound Wayne59   27/04/18 12:14 PM
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