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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.

I inquired about this rifle, had a few questions and asked for additional pics. The response I received said the rifle is available to purchase, no more pics, no answered questions. That was enough for me to lose interest.

Good grab Buckstix!

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