would anyone have on the 1 bore shotgun and who is making them.

I can't tell you anything about the 1 bore/gauge shotgun, but there is a 4 gauge I have been looking at but have been unable to find sources for ammo or even empty shell cases

Here's the link http://www.tennesseeguns.com/firearms/shtguns.html

If you know of an ammo source, please let me know. (or if you find a 'reasonably' priced 8ga )

I think your quest for the 1ga will be tough based on my 4ga searching.

You realize a round lead ball that would fit a 1-bore shotgun would weigh one pound.

You can get 4 bore shells made. Searcy made a 4 bore rifle a few years ago and somebody must have made the brass and dies for him. I suspect you would need to cut your own cardboard wads.

I knew a guy in Co. That made a 4 bore rifle. The only brass I have seen was his and he had turned it all on his lathe. I don't know if I would have fired the beast if given the chance!

i remember reading an article in Outdoor Life a year or three ago about a fellow in England who was making custom break action 4, 3, 2, and 1 bore shot guns and maybe ammunition as well. I can't remember the issue though, but you can bet your bottom dollor it'd be expensive.

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Guys
What is the legality of these firearms? I seem to remember nothing above 500 caliber being legal, and as I recall, shotguns have some breakpoint too. Do you have to get a special permit from Uncle Sam?

Curtis_Lemay If you can find the article about who is making or made actions(shotgun actions)capable of handling a 4 bore in UK I would very interested.
There was a guy in SA (Stewart) who made 4 bore Brass. I can find his address if somebody needs.
Arthur Smith in UK is making turned cases for 4 bore.

bongo, et al. I just went through the stack of OL mags i managed to salvage from the trash and I found it in the March 2001 edition page 12.
The gentleman who at the time was in the process of creating a 1 bore magnum, is one Alan Myers. According to the article his shop is in Winmarleigh Lancs, England. That's the only contact information in the article. As for ballistics: "In the nearly straight up shots for which these guns are designed...The 1-bore loaded with 12 ounces of shot is expected to be able to punch out to 100 yards to kill a goose...oh there was one other thing: the $20,000 price tag attached to it.

oh by the way, this Myers fellow made, along with the 1-bores, 8,4, and 2 bore shot guns...and he'll make them from scratch and sell to anyone.

Thank you Curtis_Lemay, I will try to contact Alan M. to find out if he is still doing these big actions. I will post any other information I can get.

Mate,
There is a chap over here who will build a 2 or 4 bore muzzleloader for just a thousand or two dollars.( The price multiplies for a regulated double barrel of course.)
For a 1 bore you are looking at hundreds of ftlbs recoil energy from a 50lb gun at least.

Obvioulsy you want it mounted

Karl.

Hello Karl, do you know someone who makes or can make an action (singleshot) that can handle a 4 Bore? R1 + - 31mm.
Regards from Germany

The 4 bore we bought was a red plastic hull that we bought from Old Western Scrounger in Calif.
They are good for one shot. I think we bought 100 rounds.
We had three 4 bores but sold them a couple of years ago at the Tulsa gun show.

[ 06-30-2002, 20:47: Message edited by: Harry ]

Sir Samuel (Pasha) Baker stated that his muzzle-loading 2-ga. rifle, "Jinnah al Mutfah", (Son of a Cannon) gave him a severe headache and a nosebleed every time he fired it. I understand that he ended up as punchy as Cauliflower McPug!! What fun such a beast would be!! Acytually, what you are talking about sounds like the "punt-guns" used in the 19th Century by market hunters, and which have been illegal in the U.S. for over 100 years.

Ha! Punt guns illegal in the US? This cannot be - they are still legal in the UK! Is this not an erosion of your Second Amendment rights?

I know a chap whose record for a punt gun for one shot was 42 mallard, shot on the car park at the local yacht club!

I read that there is a bloke in Northern Ireland making 2 and 4 bores. I heard he busted some ribs first time he fired it.