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Has anyone out there ever owned or seen a Brno Model ZP-47 or 49 side-by-side shotgun in 20 gauge? I own both in 12 and 16 but have never seen a 20. I have in my workshop right now, a double rifle built either by or for Milan Machacek, Brno, on a Brno side-by-side action. This action is smaller in all respects than both the 12s and the 16s. Frankly, the only difference between the 12 and the 16 is the width of the breech balls. The date stamp on this action is 1948, about 10 years earlier than all of the mid-50s to 60s guns that Ive seen.
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Ron, I've owned BRNOs in 12 and 16 but never seen a 20ga. I have some literature from when they were in production and it indicates they were only made in 12 and 16...Geo
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1964 Frankonia Waffen catalog...Geo 
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Thanks George. I have an original full-page ad that they ran for years in North American shooting mags. It also mentions only 12 & 16. I.m wondering if they might have been available only in Europe or whether they forged some actions, decided not to go ahead with the 20's, and made the actions available to the trade. The fact that the retailer of this rifle is in Brno, tends towards the later theory. Machacek is still in business by the way, but I've had no response to my inquiry of them.
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