"BAD BOY" Shot & BAll Gun

Guns capable of shooting both shot and balls (slugs) were once quite popular, especially in the English gunmaking trade. Several makers developed this concept and patented their own twist on it. Holland & Holland licensed Fosbery's patent for ratchet rifling and called their gun the "Paradox". Westley had the "Explora" and in 20ga ,the "Fauneta". Lancaster applied their oval bore idea to the "Colindian".  These guns fell out of fashion and are today collector's items. (H&H recently reintroduced the Paradox and is making ammunition for it again). All of these guns had some form of rifling, to enable the use of conical bullets. Modern slug technology has made rifling unnecessary ... the rifling is now on the slug itself, allowing a shotgun to be pressed into use as a rifle. The first attempt at this was the Foster slug, but being hollow, it lacks sectional density and is rather ineffective and inaccurate. The Brenneke is a much better slug and is popular in Europe. Federal has brought us the "Truball", a surprisingly accurate and effective solution that works well through a choked smoothbore, and has proved popular and highly accurate in pump and semi-auto guns. This last development allows us to once again shoot slugs through our SXS guns...assuming that the gun is properly regulated. Unfortunately, guns designed for shot are normally hopelessly out of regulation with ball and have rudimentary sights. So we have built a gun that is specifically designed and regulated for Truball ammo, and further it has the lines and styling cues of a double rifle: a full length rib with integral quarter rib and front ramp; high quality sights; and a full length trigger bow tang. This is primarily a slug gun, but will do double duty on birds as the bores are choked, the left being tighter than the right. The 20 gauge gun has 3" chambers and shoots a 330 grain bullet at 1600 fps, enough medicine for pretty much anything in North America but especially suited to boar, bear and deer hunting. The gun is available with extractors, or ejectors on special order.  These guns are made exclusively for us and are sold in the USA exclusively by us. By carefully using parts and manufacturing processes common to shotguns produced in volume, we can offer a gun that looks and feels like an expensive double rifle for the price of a shotgun.  Click on the pictures below for full-sized images, and feel free to contact us by email or by telephone at (503) 263 3787 business hours Pacific for further details. 

The Shot & Ball gun has an attractively engraved and case-colored scalloped receiver. All pins are threaded. The 26"  barrels are the giveaway...the sleek rib is equipped with sights of the highest quality and regulated for Truball ammunition at 75 yards (shown in the white).  The proof of the pudding ..... each gun is supplied with its regulation target. Fixed chokes are necessary for reliable regulation. The 20 ga gun is choked .005" and .015" (IC and Mod)       Stocks are Turkish Walnut, hand checkered and oil finished, with a semi-beavertail forend and a field comb (shown in the white). Stock dimensions are 15"x2 3/4"x 1 5/8" through a 1/2" black soft  rubber pad. Underside of receiver with Whitetail Deer engraving, "SHOT & BALL" in gold inlay. 330 Grains of lead at 1600 fps delivers as much punch as a 45-70! To absorb recoil, the 20ga gun weighs 7lb.

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