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Old October 30, 2005, 06:21 PM   #1
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Oh my God...

I want one. Yes, that says 4 gauge.
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Old October 30, 2005, 06:54 PM   #2
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Umm ... OUCH!!!!!!!

It should come with a wheeled mount.
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Old October 30, 2005, 06:59 PM   #3
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Thats got to hurt! I bet finding ammo would be a pain in the butt. You probably wouldn't need too much though unless you were a glutton for punishment!
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Old October 30, 2005, 07:17 PM   #4
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I'll take one please. Imagine a 00 buck load out of one of those puppies? YOWZAH!
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Old October 30, 2005, 07:51 PM   #5
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There Is Hope!

California deer hunters now have hope of dropping a deer. A 4 gauge slug ought to do it. Our hunters can trade in their Weatherby magnums and go all out. BALCO will have to come up with new formula.
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Old October 30, 2005, 08:11 PM   #6
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Apparently, from what I've read elsewhere, the barrels are made by reboring 23mm rifled aircraft cannon barrels.
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Old October 30, 2005, 09:44 PM   #7
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Other Stuff

Did anyone else stroll through the other things offered through the above referenced website? Anyone see the underwater gun? What about the missle launcher?
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Old October 30, 2005, 09:54 PM   #8
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Yeah, TOZ makes a lot of really wierd stuff. There was an article in shotgun news a while back written by some guy who got to visit the TOZ factory and shoot a whole bunch of their stuff, including some of the 9x39mm guns and the "low disclosure" .30cal pistol.
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Old October 30, 2005, 10:11 PM   #9
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4-gauge and even 2-gauge smoothbore guns used to be popular in Africa. They could be loaded with shot for waterfowl or slugs for (I kid you not) Elephant. The last report I heard of someone firing a 4-bore said "it spun me like a shuttlecock!" I believe a 4-bore slug weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 1800 grains but I could be mistaken.
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Old October 30, 2005, 10:14 PM   #10
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Apparently, from what I've read elsewhere, the barrels are made by reboring 23mm rifled aircraft cannon barrels.
Shotgun made from cannon barrel ... aghhhhhh (Homer Simpson drool).
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Old October 30, 2005, 10:34 PM   #11
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And the shame of it is.... no one ever clicked on the military only button.

Why do they warrent what we cannot have?

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Old October 31, 2005, 03:00 PM   #12
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I want an underwater machine gun!
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Old October 31, 2005, 04:32 PM   #13
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IIRC the gauge is the number of lead balls that diameter that weigh a pound, so a 4 bore "ball" weighs 7,000/4=1,750 grains ... so a 4 bore slug HAS to weigh a bunch more than that Ouch!

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Old October 31, 2005, 04:59 PM   #14
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Actually, most guns over 8 gauge are marked incorrectly, as in one size larger than they actually are. If this gun follows tradition, then it's actually more like a "5.5 gauge". Really, the bore could be anywhere from .918" to 1.052". Anyway, the point is that it's freakin' huge.
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Interesting ... I never knew that ... but then these big boys don't come out to play all that often

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These also used to be mounted on a "duck boat" and called a "Punt Gun" too. 4 gauge and bigger that is.
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Old November 3, 2005, 12:25 AM   #19
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A 4 gauge shell laying down and standing up next to two 10 guage shells.

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