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To: Paal Gulli
1200-1900 grain bullets

Excuse me, sir …. That would be a cannon. :)

Might come in handy in Jurassic Park, though.

24 posted on 12/25/2022 11:33:05 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: smokingfrog
"Excuse me, sir …. That would be a cannon. :)"

‘Think artillery’ when it comes to the 4-bore double rifles of Austrian gunmaker Peter Hofer.

If he's still in business, there's a gunsmith (Ken Owen) in Moscow, Tennessee still making 4-bore double rifles. His "in-house" ammunition drives a 2000-grain bullet @1600 fps. They're all customs, of course, but they run about 25-lbs to help tame the recoil. He mostly makes Nitro Express guns but you can tell he draws customers with thick wallets because he once built a 4-bore with woolly mammoth ivory inlays. IIRC, that one was featured in Guns&Ammo. If you see one of his 4-bores on auction at Rock Island or elsewhere, they typically fetch north of $100k ... used.

25 posted on 12/25/2022 12:32:50 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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