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Anyone here used a side by side shotgun with one barrel sleeved to be a rifle?
How did it work out for you?
How did it work out for you?
Sleeve A Rifle Barrel Into A Side x Side
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Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
They made oodles of them back in the old days. I find them too heavy for shooting flying.
I've got a buddy who had a SxS shotgun made into a SxS 30-30. And yes, it's heavy. Plus the bullets intersect at I think it's 60yds.
I can see sleeving one barrel for versatility, but I would make sure your smith knows you want it true from muzzle to infinity. I'll take being 1-1/4" either left or right, as long as it's that way the entire distance of bullet or ball travel.
I can see sleeving one barrel for versatility, but I would make sure your smith knows you want it true from muzzle to infinity. I'll take being 1-1/4" either left or right, as long as it's that way the entire distance of bullet or ball travel.
Pedersoli used to catalog a shotgun/rifle combo in their Kodiak line. Dixie also lists it, but says it is currently unavailable.
PR0995 KODIAK COMBINATION, 58X12GA
That is something I might be interested in. I'm not much of a wing shooter, and the 12 gauge barrel would be of potential use in the case of something like a bear attacking me at close range. A round ball in the .690 to .710 range with seventy grains of powder under it can dish out a lot of hurt.
Maybe when the 2023 income tax refund comes in next year...
PR0995 KODIAK COMBINATION, 58X12GA
That is something I might be interested in. I'm not much of a wing shooter, and the 12 gauge barrel would be of potential use in the case of something like a bear attacking me at close range. A round ball in the .690 to .710 range with seventy grains of powder under it can dish out a lot of hurt.
Maybe when the 2023 income tax refund comes in next year...
You dont seem to understand how double barrels are assembled .The barrels are always going to cross because they are closer together at the muzzle end than the breech. just the way it is. Some times o/u s can be parallel and shoot close to each other at longer range . The best way to use this type gun is to use the most accurate barrel as your primary shooting and the other as needed for backup . Normally one barrel will be more accurate .Also sometimes you can use a different load in each barrel with good results
The OP asked about sleeving a barrel. You are not bound by a SxS's bore axes.
When you sleeve a barrel with a smaller caliber you can position the sleeve wherever you see fit. In the case of my friend's gun the smith centered the sleeve on each end with muzzle and breech. Both sides. So like I said, the bullets intersect at 60yds.
Had he run the sleeves parallel with the rib, the rifle would not have lost so much accuracy at distance. My buddy was telling me last deer season that he need to make a laminated reference card for the stock so he knows how far off his windage is at what distance. He wants to use it, but he doesn't like the path of his bullets. and sometimes he has longer shots.
That all could have been avoided.
Which is why I brought it up.
I dont think many or any smith would off set a barrel .It would most likely require many trial and error barrels to get the right offset to get the point of impact the customer wants and that will be expensive JMO
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
Not really.
Heck, I cant with one barrel if I'm not paying attention 
I wouldn't worry about it. Your eye will notice and you can correct any cant.
The naked eye notices and corrects a lot more than a lot of shooters give it credit for. It's how we can center a front sight in a peep sight.
I wouldn't worry about it. Your eye will notice and you can correct any cant.
The naked eye notices and corrects a lot more than a lot of shooters give it credit for. It's how we can center a front sight in a peep sight.
not really///// what you mean
Sparkitoff
40 Cal.
Not to hijack - but in the opposite direction - I sometimes find weird rifle caliber SxS and buy them cheaper than an equivalent quality smoothbore. Then I have them bored smooth to whatever gauge is appropriate based on amount of metal. A few 9mm rifles became 24 gauge shotguns, etc....
Saw one years ago made from an old double shotgun where the smith had installed cams at the muzzles, to allow for regulating.
That's a really slick idea, @Rawhide67
I still think even a semi-competent smith could index the sleeve off the center rib. Or stick a laser of some sort in the chamber and position the sleeve parallel with the rib. In my friend's case a 30-30 laser bore sighter.
But those cams sound perfect if they're unobtrusive. I would love to see that system. I can almost picture it in my mind.
I still think even a semi-competent smith could index the sleeve off the center rib. Or stick a laser of some sort in the chamber and position the sleeve parallel with the rib. In my friend's case a 30-30 laser bore sighter.
But those cams sound perfect if they're unobtrusive. I would love to see that system. I can almost picture it in my mind.
rdane
40 Cal
R Ellis is right. I’ve been sleeping for years, and there’s no way you can put a round sleeve in a round barrel and have it off center. All doubles are regulated to cross at a certain point.
If I remember correctly, the likers only touched in the back at the chamber and in the front at the muzzle with the cams being the anchor up front. It wouldn't require much clearance along the sleeve inside the shotgun barrel, but the chamber may have sat in some kind of bushing to allow it to picot slightly with cam adjustment.
Depends on rifled or smooth and length also if rifled what type of rifling
Bob Hoyt did a reline for me for $200. Might be more involved with what the OP is asking. Especially with the cam issue.
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