Thread: Small bore double rifle.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

I think that’s take the theory of number 8 wire a bit far @Cordite but ten points for effort
One problem with your theory you fire one shot and want to reload? It ejects both rounds
One wonder how they solved that with your original post in this thread?

@Sideshow,

you just pull the bolts back slow and it won't throw unspent ammo into the bushes. It is really a non-problem - no worse than when you chamber a round and then decide against firing it and open the action again with a traditional bolt action.

@Micky Duck,

I like the shotgun conversion idea, just things may be getting a bit heavy. Maybe a barrel turned down in diameter, so that it only is firing-safe with the additional support of a surrounding SG barrel, i.e using a 16gauge s/s SG as a base. It could be contoured very close to the SG barrel profile, choke and all, but I'd not want to epoxy it in before I'd seen how the left and the right bullet impacts coincide.

Returning to my genius homemade twin bolt gun... if you built the gun from scratch using two Mauser type front locking actions (safely making the rear engineering non load bearing, and thus lighter) it opens the door to a potential extra desirable benefit from a twin bolt action:

If you interlace the left hander bolt on the left and the right hander bolt on the right --- each with a herringbone type cog towards the other (so that rotating one bolt clockwise will rotate the other counterclockwise) --- you will have in your sweaty hands... a permanently ambidextrous bolt action! But with two bolt handles, one on each side, so best for short action cases or you might lose your teeth. It would be a possibility to make either bolt handle removable, but why not have the flexibility to shoulder your gun either side?

The herringbone cog teeth will also resist relative movement back/forwards of either bolt against the other, adding strength in case of a main lug failure.

Gosh I'm clever... By the way, has anyone seen my Lithium capsules?