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Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR
26/10/18 05:22 PM

Been reading this thread off and on, and most of the posts.

My only "experience" as a user of a shotgun conversion was having a few shots through Marrakai's "Fat Lady" .577 on an Greener Empire 12 gauge shotgun action. Now owned by another member "264".

I would have been happy to own that .577 Double rifle shotgun conversion myself.

The gunsmith converting this shotgun was Rolf then at London Guns in Melbourne. I spoke to Rolf about it and getting him to make one for me, and he said "No Way!". The risk and liability to himself was no longer worth it. And he also claimed, the cost would be similar to buying a ready made double rifle anyway. Perhaps the latter was not true, as a .577 DR is rarely cheap, unless BP only. But he made the .577 DR and a .577/12 g cape gun. But would no longer do it.

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I can see the pros and cons of the arguments above. For a gunsmith doing it, they will need to accept and understand the risk. For any owner selling one, they also need to understand the liability to themselves as well.

Luckily Australia is less litigious than the USA. And also if a gun does "explode" other risk factors may also be affecting the incident, eg a dirt plug in the muzzles of the barrels, incompetent relaoding techniques and loads, and other factors.

There are reasons firearms made in non mass produced factories cost more, and more than parts of simple labour. Quality control and liability and risk control are also part of it.

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Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	07/06/18 11:12 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	tinker	07/06/18 11:30 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	07/06/18 08:20 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Sarg	08/06/18 05:01 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	08/06/18 10:05 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Rothhammer1	23/09/18 02:01 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DeweyVicknair	02/10/18 12:28 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	crshelton	06/10/18 06:32 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DeweyVicknair	06/10/18 08:12 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DarylS	07/10/18 04:58 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	crshelton	15/10/18 10:39 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DeweyVicknair	15/10/18 12:43 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Dogfish858	17/10/18 02:34 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	CptCurl	17/10/18 09:02 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	crshelton	19/10/18 11:24 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Dogfish858	19/10/18 12:18 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	MagnumHunter	26/04/20 11:48 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	eagle27	26/04/20 04:37 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	trumpetman	28/08/19 05:16 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DeweyVicknair	19/10/18 01:48 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DeweyVicknair	19/10/18 02:04 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Sarg	19/10/18 03:22 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Aaron_Little	20/10/18 09:44 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	DeweyVicknair	21/10/18 01:31 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Aaron_Little	21/10/18 04:16 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	MikeRowe	21/10/18 01:14 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	tinker	22/10/18 12:58 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Postman	22/10/18 11:33 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	CptCurl	22/10/18 09:09 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	tinker	22/10/18 11:02 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Dogfish858	23/10/18 01:28 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Wayne59	23/10/18 04:04 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Dogfish858	23/10/18 09:31 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	NitroX	26/10/18 05:22 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Ash	03/11/18 06:57 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	NitroX	03/11/18 05:43 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Ash	28/08/19 06:11 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	NitroX	28/08/19 08:55 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Ash	29/08/19 12:57 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Dogfish858	21/10/18 02:01 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	08/06/18 11:24 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	Wayne59	08/06/18 11:50 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	10/06/18 11:57 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	tinker	10/06/18 12:14 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	29/06/18 07:49 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	CptCurl	29/06/18 09:34 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	homemadeDR	06/07/18 11:34 AM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	crshelton	06/07/18 10:34 PM
Re: Selling a shotgun converted to DR	smokpeolesc	22/09/18 12:14 PM

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