How about a rebirth of the Paradox?

[tex_n_cal]

Seems to me that a pretty easy project for a small manufacturer would be a modern version of the Holland & Holland Paradox. For those who aren't familiar with them, they are a smoothbore gun, with just a few inches of shallow rifling near the muzzle. The guns were equally capable of firing balls, or conical bullets, and shot charges. Most of them seemed to be doubles in 12 bore or so. Holland and Holland made them, as did some of the other British double rifle makers.

Seems like one could easily take a Ruger #1, or high wall replica, and mount up a paradox- rifled 20 gauge barrel, and shoot either shot, or bullets. With quick-detachable scope mounts and extra sights it would take just a minute to go from hunting deer, to birds.

And you could probably do something similar with a .50 Beowulf or other big bore autoloader, one that could hold enough shot to be useful. For bigger guages, I wonder if a Sharps 1874 action wouldn't do the trick?

Opinions?

 

[Halffast]

Maybe someone makes or could make a rifled choke tube. Would that work?

David

 

[Dr.Rob]

Well if you want both barrels to hit at the same place it's not so easy... you have to regulate the points of impact by soldering and resoldering the barrels togther.. that's why double rifles are so expensive its time coinsuming and the maker really needs to know what he's doing.

As a single shot you just described an HR 12 ga with a rifled choke tube screwed in.

 

[tex_n_cal]

Yeah, but I don't think most shotgun barrel would tolerate a ball or concial bullet being shot down them. Or would they? I never have worked with shotgun slugs.