Charlie:

Hi. Glad you gave some input.

It is regretable that the post had to take the turn which it did.

For your perusal and also Cyber Viruses here is the Fox Ridge Outfitters custom shop listing of barrels available to CV's Thompson Center single shot interchangeable barrels Encore which is presently equipped with a .50 caliber muzzle loading barrel.

http://www.foxridgeoutfitters.com/productpdfs/EncRifleCaliberChart10-27-2003.pdf

As can be seen they already chamber for the .375 H&H Magnum which means they make a heavy barrel and action which is available in steel blued but not stainless.

The 9.3x62 Mauser is indeed a very good caliber. And was, if not still, legal for Big Dangerous Game in some countries in Africa. For the uninitiated the case is very close to a 30-06 with some minor differences in case dimension close enough to allow forming it from 30-06 cases.

For anyone who aspires to own a "Short Mangnum" perhaps it would be enlightening to communicate with the Fox Ridge people.

Bill Tibbe