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oupa
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Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds
21/03/06 12:26 PM

I happened to be present during the initial (and final) test firing of a poorly thought out conversion of a 20ga. Stevens to 32Win Spec. Now here is a good place to state that STEVENS / SAVAGE guns are not suitable for ANYTHING other than the original chambering! Their single bolting system is argubly the weakest of any modern era doubles. That said, the gun wasn't put together too bad and the head space was (alledgedly) within spec. The one thing over looked was the non-bushed strikers! The large firing pins apearently projected too far and the first shot resulted in the right striker being blown out. Not to be defeated so easily - not to mention nothing left to lose - the string for "remote firing" was transfered to the rear trigger... this time the stock was blown completely off!!!!!!!! What's more, this was factory ammo not "proof loads!" JUST DON'T DO IT!

Now, as for the twenty bore's suitability, even this poor example of an action held tight. Additionally, twenties actually have higher chamber pressure than larger bores. There is the issue of wall thickness as well as the important factor of weight in a heavy recoiling rifle, but strength? I'm not convenced the twenty would be over burdened in reguard to low pressure rifle rounds... I wouldn't use one, but not because of strength.

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Hollis 500/450	BlainSmipy	05/03/06 11:22 AM
*	BlainSmipy	16/05/06 04:17 AM
Re: New project Guns for the 50-90 and 50-140 Sharps D	8x56mn	16/05/06 05:46 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	oupa	01/04/06 08:20 AM
*	BlainSmipy	02/04/06 04:04 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	rigbymauser	23/03/06 08:10 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	DarylS	02/04/06 02:10 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	BlainSmipy	23/03/06 09:33 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	23/03/06 10:35 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	rigbymauser	23/03/06 04:20 PM
*	BlainSmipy	18/03/06 04:02 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	kweber	21/03/06 05:27 AM
405 Win and 45 caliber builds	BlainSmipy	21/03/06 08:48 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	Bronco	02/04/06 05:01 AM
*	BlainSmipy	02/04/06 05:53 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	Bronco	02/04/06 12:08 PM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	kweber	21/03/06 10:46 AM
*	BlainSmipy	05/04/06 07:00 AM
*	BlainSmipy	06/04/06 05:49 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	06/04/06 08:29 PM
*	BlainSmipy	07/04/06 12:06 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 01:42 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	AkMike	07/04/06 01:35 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/04/06 02:08 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 09:23 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/04/06 01:15 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 11:02 PM
*	BlainSmipy	08/04/06 08:23 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	08/04/06 10:27 AM
*	BlainSmipy	05/05/06 04:52 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	06/05/06 11:13 AM
*	BlainSmipy	06/05/06 02:41 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	Marrakai	08/04/06 09:56 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	BlainSmipy	08/04/06 11:35 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	Marrakai	08/04/06 09:58 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	Marrakai	08/04/06 11:56 PM
*	BlainSmipy	08/04/06 11:31 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	gitano	08/04/06 10:24 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	gitano	08/04/06 02:07 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	08/04/06 03:34 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	gitano	08/04/06 07:59 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	tinker	07/04/06 09:44 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 10:22 AM
Making chips	tinker	07/04/06 12:00 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	tinker	07/04/06 04:21 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	oupa	21/03/06 12:26 PM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	doublegunfan	22/03/06 05:05 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	BlainSmipy	21/03/06 03:58 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	AkMike	18/03/06 04:14 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	577500WR	19/03/06 12:20 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	AkMike	19/03/06 12:32 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	577500WR	19/03/06 02:09 PM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	05/03/06 12:21 PM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 05:22 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	DarylS	07/03/06 06:00 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	07/03/06 05:28 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 06:11 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	07/03/06 06:40 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 06:50 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	07/03/06 07:54 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 10:22 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	08/03/06 05:23 AM
Hollis 500/450	BlainSmipy	08/03/06 10:04 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	DarylS	09/03/06 06:59 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	08/03/06 08:49 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	09/03/06 06:41 AM
*	BlainSmipy	09/03/06 08:20 AM
*	BlainSmipy	08/03/06 11:10 AM

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