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I thought I was buying a Stevens Grant 450-400 - great price - SURPRISE SURPRISE

Here is the link ... great British gun at a good price at only $3999 .... ($3500 with my Cabelas club points)

https://www.gunsinternational....cfm?gun_id=103408175

I was concerned if this was going to be the 450-400 smaller 2-3/8" case .. or the 450-400 larger 3-1/4" case ...

When I picked up the gun I took along a 3-1/4" case to test the chambers ...... THEY LITERALLY DISAPPEARED IN THE CHAMBERS ...

TURNS OUT ITS A 3" 500 CALIBER .....

Great find!

I found that the Lee .500 S&W 440 gr. SWCGC mould casts bullets that can be paper patched for a Nitro For Black loading in that calibre.

We had not heard from you for a while, Buckstix. Good to see you posting again. That’s a lovely rifle.

I quit buying for a while because I was hunting .. Sept 15 thru Dec 31. ... now I am buying again ... more posts to come in the bolt action BIG BORE section.

Congrats on the rifle Buckstix. That particular Cabelas had quite a few interesting old rifles.

It is a bit sad that Cabelas gun library can't properly identify guns. Here's another double rifle inaccurately described: https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...aster-sxs-unmkd-cal.cfm?gun_id=103411618
(I wonder if the firing pin is stuck or this has non-rebounding locks.)

Chris

There is a "39" stamped on the bottom of the barrels .... but there was a laminated tag attached to the trigger-guard from the former owner that said ..

"caliber 500 3" express"

and even had loading data with IMR3031 and IMR4198 with velocities - HERE ARE PICTURES OF THE TAG

https://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/GRANT-HANG-TAG.jpg

Amazing degree of incompetency on behalf of a retailer who is supposed to be knowledgeable about this stuff.

Just imagine the guy that bought the 500 3 inch when he tries to put a case in the 450 400 chamber;-)