MikeyDSlagle
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For that I just need to open my wallet and look inside
Thats what's currently keeping me away from this:
Yeah. Money is a good reason, or lack of. I tell the near wife that my rockets are getting in the way of my guns. LOL
I visited with my Dad today and asked him about the mythical 4 gauge. He bought it in a small town in England, forget the name, when he was stationed over there while in the Air Force. Probably would've been late sixties early 70's. The guy who sold it to him had another, a flintlock, but wouldn't sell it. Dad's is a cap lock. 55" barrel and shoots 4 oz of lead shot. So I would assume a black powder gun aka muzzle-loader. Kinda like a blunderbuss. 4 gauge translates to 1/4 pound ball BTW. They are still used in the Congo from what I read. And at times were used for a coach gun. This one in particular was more than likely used to "harvest" large amounts of waterfowl in England. Don't know the time period it was built/used. We will have to go through and dig it out of storage. I shutter at the thought of shooting it. I found an actual 4 gauge round on gun broker for 28 bucks. One round.
Dad also has a gun my Granddad made. A big bench gun with cherry wood thumbhole stock with a large flat forend and a massive stainless barrel. It shoots 8mm (7.92) mauser rounds necked down to a .308 (7.62). As far as I know, he did the machining himself. For some reason I keep thinking 10mm mauser, but I am not even sure there is such a thing. Of course the thing hasn't been fired in decades. No rounds and my dad never has never gone through the trouble to have any made. Not even sure if it has any optics or it. I'm leaning toward no.
He also has a Remington rolling block 45-70, I think a #1. I actually like shooting it. So heavy it doesn't kick much. LOL