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Rifle or Shotgun?
« on: September 09, 2012, 05:52:45 PM »
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 05:55:26 PM »
Never seen one like that
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 06:29:12 PM »
Looks like a smooth bore to me.  No rear sight and a bead front.  I wonder how many of those things exist?
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2012, 06:50:07 PM »
now that's neat. might be better than the 410
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2012, 07:04:08 PM »
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=287887

Its mentioned in this thread from another forum but no details
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2012, 08:01:01 PM »
as mentioned above, due to sighting system (ie bead front and no rear) I call it a shotgun.
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2012, 08:32:14 PM »
Rifling makes a long gun a rifle. 

To the feds its a "smoothbore" legally, which smoothbores are typically called shotguns.  But a smoothbore that is meant to shoot single projectiles like a rifle would shoot is often called a musket.  If it has a shorter barrel than the musket version it is called a musketoon.  But in todays world they are just called smoothbore rifles.
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2012, 02:29:11 AM »
It might be a shotgun but not sure a game warden would think so with it stamped 45-70.
 
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2012, 05:32:40 AM »
might be a shot gun. Stevens made thee crackshot one the no.26 with  rifled bore and the 26 1/2 was a smooth bore for rat shot.
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2012, 06:21:47 AM »
I believe if it fires the 45-70 shot shell, it is a shotgun. If it were to fire the 45-70 rifle cartridge, I believe it would qualify as a WSD (Weapon of Self Destruction).
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2012, 10:30:57 AM »
Definitely shotgun.  There used to be a 45-70 shot shell.  Some say you can shoot the 2 1/2".410 shells in it but I have no personal experience trying that.  Maybe I'll give it a try in my 45-70 handi. 

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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2012, 10:53:19 AM »
It could be a line throwing gun.  I know some of those were made in .45-70....

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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2012, 11:20:26 AM »
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Re: Rifle or Shotgun?
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2012, 04:48:13 PM »
I saw one like that in 44-40 at a gun store one time. It was a smoothbore and said 44 shotshell on the side.
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