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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Yup, from what I was told by the proprietor in the shop where I purchased this, Ruger made them specifically to satisfy customer demands for a "practice" rifle that would mimic the look and feel of their big bore thumpers. They did a great job of doing just that.
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American firearm manufacturer to build a safari gun! Back in the very late 1800s, Winchester built a few double rifles on one of their double barrel shotgun frames. These babies were in caliber 70/150/900 by the nomenclature of the day. That is 70 caliber, 150 grains of black powder and a 900 grain bullet! The cartridge case looks a lot like a full brass 12 gauge shotgun shell except that it is slightly necked down to get to the 70 caliber size and it uses a large rifle primer instead of a shotgun primer. I think muzzle velocity was somewhere in the 1200-1400 fps range! There were only a small number of the guns made (probably 5-6) and the cartridges are quite rare today. The cartridges will bring about $500 each to a serious collector!