The firing pins were bushed on this one as well. In fact he remade them, the firing pins, to decrease the striking surface. Large pins, large holes for them to pass were not a good combo if primer failure occur. Also a gas diverting line was milled onto the face of the gun. It was intended to direct the gas away from the face in the event of a pierced primer. Never knew of any to fail but prevention is a smart thing sometimes.
One round that was considered was .303 but he had more faith in the .444 for use in heavy woods hunting situations. A list of rimmed rounds has several interesting ones to choose from. Either match round to use or select based on ballistics and easy of brass and reloading. It is a custom job after all and the options are half the fun. For plinking and light varmints I have thought about .225 Winchester but that may be because I have more brass than I care to count or even load. Ease of brass location restrict some rounds as too hard to load or find.
That gun did place both bullets into a horizontal pattern with about half of them cutting a sideways eight. If real careful you could get them almost into a single ragged hole. I made several calls this morning to try to locate it but have had no luck so far. That guns' basis was one of those frightful "Pride Of Spain" doubles that flooded the market in the '70's and ruined all Spanish makers name for decades. Often referred to as POS which has a less noble meaning to may of us. So I think that the Remington as starting basis give you a much stronger platform with better metal and a less inherent problems to overcome.
