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A friend of mines dad has a german made cape gun that the rifle side is a long obsolete european caliber. He asked me if I knew anyone that could rebore and sleeve it in say 25-20. I told him I would ask the brain trust here. Now I feel he should not do it, but it's not my gun and it's what he wants to do as he wants to shoot it. Any leads here?
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It would be far easier and less expensive to have a set of dies made for it. What caliber was it in originally?
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Or just rechamber it using the same caliber of bullet.
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Yes, by all means, please determine the original caliber and cartridge,
Most are EASILY made now and he can shoot it without modification.
Where in the world is Valhalla? I feel sure someone can assist with a chamber cast.
Most likely the caliber is marked on the flats of the barrels
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I think you mean line it rather than sleeve it.
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Strange that someone using the name "skeettx", certainly a derivative of a shotgunner's term, doesn't know where Valhalla is. Pretty famous in the shotgun world.
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Strange that someone using the name "skeettx", certainly a derivative of a shotgunner's term, doesn't know where Valhalla is. Pretty famous in the shotgun world.
Even stranger that some one familar with Vandalia, Ohio, doesn't know how it is spelled. 
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I know Vandalia, but Valhalla is the home of the Valiant dead for Vikings
I just wondered if he were close enough for me to go to him and make a chamber cast and form a few cases?
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i'm in west PA. there is no city by that name here. it's just what my wife and i refer to our area where we live. not to add to the confusion but let's not forget vidalia... it's in GA.
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Most common continental calibers are still in use today. 9,3x72; 6,5x58R; 6,5x57R; 6,5x52R are all in use with factory ammunition. Even 5,6x52R Savage and 30/30 Winchester were popular in Europe. My drilling third barrel is 6,5x52R, I use 25-35Win cartridges because they are fully compatible. If casting shows a more rarer caliber I would ream the chamber to one with same bore and of similar pressure.
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