Sometimes I can't make up my mind

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:35 am

Should I take a rifle or shotgun

I know, I'll take both

.22 Hornet over .410

HTMLBali · Post by **HTMLBali** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:31 pm

Veyr nice! Lol
That might scare some people who even look at it!

Pushbutton · Post by **Pushbutton** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:51 pm

Al
Give me a rundown on that baby. I remember reading about them eons ago in gun mags and SOF. They are single shot if memory serves.
PB

rapidboy1 · Post by **rapidboy1** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:43 pm

Spent the afternoon in my local gun shop talking about these unusual guns.

Since the pistol ban in UK we get a lot of guns from Germany and it seems that double and triple barrel/caliber guns are the way to go over there.

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:50 pm

Springfield Arms [inc, armory, etc] M-6 Scout originally designed as an Air Force survival gun. .22 Hornet - top barrel .410 shotshell - bottom barrel. The black thing on the top of the stock is a cover that keeps 12 - Hornet shells and 4 - shotshells safe so you always have them. I also have one in .22 long rifle over .410. They now make a pistol version that has a .45 Colt lower barrel [but it also takes .410 shells] so with the pistol you have .22/.45/.410 options

Top barrel available choices are .22 lr .22 mag and .22 Hornet bottom barrel has always been .410 or on the pistol .45 Colt. A 28 guage option would be awesome but is not likely

Made in the Czech Republic just like my Brno 8mm and my Cz-52 pistol[Czech name Vz-52] so you know it's an excellent gun

About the same weight as a BB gun so you can carry it all day without getting tired

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:24 pm

Rapidboy
Drillings and other combination guns have never been very popular in the U.S. Drillings have also always been very expensive here

There have been two or three low price [two barrel] over/under type but the concept has never appealed to large numbers of Americans. The ones you posted are AWESOME and I wish I could afford two or three of them but I'm definately part of a very small minority that thinks they're great

Post by **Bill DeShivs** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:16 pm

I have an old Savage 24C, .22lr over 20 ga. I cut the barrels to 18 inches, and it makes for a very handy gun.
Bill

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:55 am

Bill DeShivs wrote:I have an old Savage 24C, .22lr over 20 ga. I cut the barrels to 18 inches, and it makes for a very handy gun.
Bill

That is a handy length, [18 1/4" on the M-6]. The 20 gauge is also a lot better than a .410! You can get the M-6 with 14" barrels but have to go through all the federal paperwork and the tax silliness

but it's still tempting. The pistol has about 10" if I remember and has the added ability of shooting .45 Colt rounds

Now if they would only made it in .22 Hornet over 28 gauge and chamber the 28 to also take some old African type round we'd have my next gun

Sam Hotton · Post by **Sam Hotton** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:50 am

Mr. Vagrant,
How about the old short cased .577 Snyder BP round,, with this you could shoot a 20 bore shotshell in the same barrel. The only problem i've found concerning .577 Snyder is that the chamber reamer manufacturers have none made up to rent. They want to build these reamers on a custom one off basis. High dollar! It would make a superb short range heavy brush deer rifle, better than the 50-70 1 3/4" Springfield Allen conversion or Sharps.

Sam H.

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:57 am

Sam
Here's my idea [that won't work] First we talk Springfield into making version of the Scout with a .30 Tokerev top barrel [or .30 carbine] and a 28 guage bottom barrel, that will shoot some strange rifle round. Then we have a long screw-in "choke" with rifling made so the .52 Specer [or whatever] will be more accurate than if fired from a smooth bore

The gun should still be light and handy but a bit more versatile.
By the way a search turned up 15 listings for Tokerev and 14 for Tokerov and I'm very

to admit I don't know which is correct

In Shotgun News years ago I saw a very small add for a German Drilling with twin 28 guage barrels and a lower barrel in .30 Carbine

I did not have enough money to even pay the postage if the gun was free

and it was NOT free by any means

Post by **Bill DeShivs** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 7:28 am

Vagrant
That would be Tokarev.
Bill

Post by **Bill DeShivs** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 8:01 am

Vagrant
You should be able to shoot .45 LC in your Springfield. With no rifling, it won't be accurate, so you might as well use .410 slugs. You can also use 30-30, but it will fire-form the cases and damn sure won't be accurate!
Bill

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:32 am

Bill DeShivs wrote:Vagrant
That would be Tokarev.
Bill

Thanks Bill, that was my guess and the way I spelled it but, a search did not show a strong prefence.

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:47 am

Bill DeShivs wrote:Vagrant
You should be able to shoot .45 LC in your Springfield. With no rifling, it won't be accurate, so you might as well use .410 slugs. You can also use 30-30, but it will fire-form the cases and damn sure won't be accurate!
Bill

The barrel looks very thin on the M-6 and I'd want to shoot a .30-30 from behind something solid with a some type of remote, "just in case"

I would want to be several towns away if I accidently fired one of my "Contender only" .45 loads

These recoil just a bit, and turn concrete blocks into powder

DISTORTION · Post by **DISTORTION** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:07 am

Hey,thats pretty trick Mr. Vagrant!

Never seen a triple like that,outside of Paul Bunyans
seventy-six barreled rifle/shotgun howboutcha in illustrations.

I'll bet you have a six-barreled pepperbox as well

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