Originally Posted By: Humpty Dumpty
Originally Posted By: ejsxs
Humpty & PM,

yes H&H is a way to go, the problem is that the gun's bores have straight rifling from the forcing cone onwards up to three inch from the muzzle.


This is not a problem. This is the description of "Jungle Gun". It was developed as a way to create a ball-and-shot gun while not infringing Fosberry's patent. The patent was for a gun which was rifled only in the choke, and since in Jungle Gun you have rifling which goes all the way in the barrel, there's no infringement of the patent.

Of course, if the contemporary Paradox bullet is greater than the groove (rather than bore) dia. of your gun, it would be not safe to shoot.

A ball-and-shot gun seems to be a good option for hunting big game in the brush, if most shots are under 50 yards, and the longest don't exceed 100.



Hey nice gun. There is considerable difference in the rifling between the two methods with the Fosbery design having much deeper rifling at the choke and other nuances as the bullet and or shot proceeded up the barrel.

The later nitro paradoxes were capable of accuracy beyond 100yds with the Super Magnum Explora producing muzzle energy in the 375 HH range.