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Karl
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Bigbore you always wanted but never got?
      01/04/19 12:26 AM

Just wondering if anyone has a gun or gun type they always wanted but due to time, lifestyle, finances or even manufacturing difficulties never got around to? Don't everyone say a royal grade double in 577 nitro

One I always wanted was a 'cape gun' in a heavy calibre. This would have been my ultimate man toy, 12ga 3.5" one barrel, and 577 nitro the other. Expensive, difficult or impossible to find makers. I looked at large shotgun conversions, called heym( and then had a siezure at their quote) bothered a few semi- retired bigbore builders over the decades but never pulled it off, or even really found a starting angle I thought would work out.

The other was a double 4 bore percussion muzzleloader, stoked hot with 1750 grain bullets to over 1500fps. There are guys who can do it, reasonably priced too a fraction of a double breechloader. But the issue importing something with 4 bore barrels to Australia by the late 2000's with all the US/Aus import/export whackiness put me off each time. There were 1 or 2 makers here who could do it too, howver they faced the same concern bringing barrels in, which they could not make.

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* Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl 01/04/19 12:26 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   02/04/19 05:44 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   02/04/19 05:56 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   02/04/19 06:19 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Homer   02/04/19 06:46 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   06/04/19 11:55 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? DarylS   07/04/19 04:11 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   09/04/19 08:33 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? 93x64mm   07/04/19 08:27 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   02/04/19 05:38 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   04/04/19 05:04 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   06/04/19 02:27 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   06/04/19 11:45 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   04/04/19 05:09 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? DarylS   01/04/19 03:49 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Ripp   01/04/19 10:36 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? 3DogMike   01/04/19 11:22 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? szihn   01/04/19 12:20 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Rule303   01/04/19 08:39 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Ash   10/08/19 08:44 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? jvw   12/08/19 08:02 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? 450_Ackley   01/04/19 05:30 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Rule303   03/04/19 06:47 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Rolf   01/04/19 10:00 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? lancaster   06/04/19 03:41 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? 93x64mm   08/04/19 08:08 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Rolf   16/04/19 08:54 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? 93x64mm   17/04/19 06:14 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? lancaster   18/04/19 12:30 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   11/05/19 12:46 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   12/05/19 03:48 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   12/05/19 03:51 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   12/05/19 04:17 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? wkudu   16/04/19 10:30 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? DarylS   13/08/19 01:03 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? xausa   13/08/19 07:41 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? bstrick   18/08/19 08:23 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? DarylS   19/08/19 02:13 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   19/08/19 06:17 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Ash   19/08/19 08:48 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Iowa_303s   18/08/19 12:06 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   09/04/19 08:39 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   09/04/19 09:33 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? lancaster   09/04/19 10:16 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? rigbymauser   10/04/19 12:52 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? 93x64mm   10/04/19 06:13 AM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? rigbymauser   10/04/19 05:09 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? SharpsNitro   15/04/19 02:27 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? NitroXAdministrator   15/04/19 05:21 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Karl   04/04/19 05:14 PM
. * * Re: Bigbore you always wanted but never got? Ripp   02/04/19 01:25 PM

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