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Jim Watson · November 12, 2002, 04:26 PM

I think the reason CAS does not allow ejector DB shotguns was that the Wild Bunch considers it unlikely that many such guns could have made it from the Old World to the Wild West during the Frontier Era. And that the few that did would have been too expensive for a cowboy to afford.

But they liked the movie so much that they named themselves for it and so have to allow pumps, which were not available until the West was somewhat less wild.

November 12, 2002, 04:26 PM	#6
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	I think the reason CAS does not allow ejector DB shotguns was that the Wild Bunch considers it unlikely that many such guns could have made it from the Old World to the Wild West during the Frontier Era. And that the few that did would have been too expensive for a cowboy to afford. But they liked the movie so much that they named themselves for it and so have to allow pumps, which were not available until the West was somewhat less wild.