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Sportingrifle:
You will note that Ellis-Brown will not build double rifles on any American-made shotgun actions. There is probably a good reason for this!

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Marrakai: Its just a thought, but I suspect that German shotguns in general might well have finer firing-pins more suited to the rifle conversion. In my experience, many American shotties, most Belgian clunkers, and pretty-well all hammer-guns have oversized firing-pin holes which would definitely need bushing to be safe.

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I agree with you on ALL American made shotguns! They are not only rough, but have no real lock-up. The fireing pins look more like railroad cross-ties than fireing pins. They will become self-openers, not by intention of the builder, but simply because they are not designed for anything more powerful that a shotgun shell. I find the strongest shotgun actions to be German, and every double rifle I have built, only three were not German, and they were Italian, but were chambered for small cartridges with the largest being a 30-30 Win from a 20 ga Laurona S/S. I have never had a problem with one of the half dozen I've owned, or the six I've built on shotgun actions. It is my opinion, if you want to build a double rifle on a shotgun action, and you want it to be anything of value when you finish, then you must start with a good, and strong shotgun, then do the things that need doing to make it safe, and worth you time!

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