Earl, it would be ok to build your gonne to suit yourself and if I had .54 cal. pistols,and wanted to match the handgonne to them, I'd do it. We have two, one in .62 cal, and my wife Janet's in .50 cal. The .62 is heavily built and screams for buffalo meat with up to 100gr 2f. :shocked2: ( normal charge is 40gr.) I can't say about the .50, my wife won't let me touch it! If other people don't like your gonne, you can tell them to get their own and stuff it . There is someone on the forum who will build you a lovely one if you ask nicely. Good shooting, George. P.S. A small gonne found by the river Thames was only about .36 cal IIRC.
? Are you kidding me? Now I can easily comprehend where due to early manufacturing techniques that muzzles failed and perhaps burst or split there. But I contend perhaps that was due to material or barrel 'ending' (for lack of better engineering word ...) and not being supported by material 'on the other side'.
