WTB for project: 12 Ga. bolt action shotgun

[Drydock]

Need an old bolt action, must be a 12 Ga.  Looking for a functional beater.  Cash or trade, might have uniform to swap if it fits you.  

[Windy City Joe]

I have a 410 mossberg bolt action.

[Drydock]

Sorry, need a 12 ga.

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[Bow View Haymaker]

NOw you got me wondreing what your project is?
My Dad had a JC higgins 16 ga.  My brother has it now. 
I see a 12 ga once in a while at gun shows.  keep thinking about getting one but I don't know what to use it for.  A new GAF catagory maybe?

[Drydock]

Working on a half scale Hotchkiss.   

[Sam Perfye]

Col. Drydock, I may have something that will work. I'll check this weekend and post back. Al

[Drydock]

Look forward to it!  I'll be at the Muster for the rest of this week.

[Sam Perfye]

Drydock, checked our inventory and all of the single shots are hammered. But we do have a bolt action 12. It's in pretty good shape but the price isn't bad. Let me know here or in PM what your guidelines are and we'll go from there. Al.   Wish I could have been at the Muster but prior commitments prevailed. Were the baby ducks safe? Al.

[Delmonico]

Were the baby ducks safe? Al.

Baby ducks are never safe at a muster.

[Pitspitr]

The Chaplin was there most of the time so the ducks stayed hidden.

[Delmonico]

The Chaplin was there most of the time so the ducks stayed hidden.

Good idea, I'm not sure I'd trust him around baby ducks.

[Grapeshot]

Working on a half scale Hotchkiss.  

A half scale Mountain Howitzer?  Or is that the Pack Howitzer?

[G.W. Strong]

A half scale Mountain Howitzer?  Or is that the Pack Howitzer?

Did such a thing exist?

[Drydock]

It would be a half scale Hotchkiss 1.65" Mountian howitzer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hotchkiss_gun2.jpg

[Trailrider]

At one time Marlin offered a bolt action 12 ga.  They offered to let me borrow one for review, but that was at least 30 years ago, and I had no real use for it and so declined. 

[G.W. Strong]

I would like to know about your 1/2 scale hotchkiss gun. I have a 12 gauge bolt action shotgun.

[Books OToole]

The Mountain Howitzer is a different animal.  The 12 pound Mt. Howitzer is a muzzle loader adopted in 1836 and remained in the U.S. arsenal until 1890.  It was replaced by the breech-loading Hotchkiss.

If anyone is interested; I have a full scale Mt. Howitzer for sale with all of the accessories.

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[pony express]

Aha, so that's what your project is! When I saw "Hotchkiss" before, I was thinking of the machine gun. I was just looking at some pics with those the other day(on the Moroland wars website), and thinking they would be a neat project. Even full size, they're not too huge.

In the same website, they had some pics of the Colt's 1895, got me wondering if one could be made up, perhaps with a disguised Ruger 10/22 or an SKS. Of course, it wouldn't have the authentic"potato digger" action.