158XTP The only 2 bore I made was for a man in Illinois who died a few years ago and the gun was auctioned off by Rock Island auctions.
https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-M...ussion-Left-Hand/lotInformation/39026450I don't know who owns it now. The man I made it for was named Ken Greenlee.
I have made several doubles. All I made were rifled, both barrels. The largest doubles I have made were 8 bores. A double 8 weighs about 12.5 to 14.5 pound's depending on barrel contour and the type of breach plugs used. As the barrels get larger the weight grows exponentially, so a larger double then an 8 is actually pretty impractical. It can be done. My old apprentice Colin Stolzer made a double 2 bore on a challenge and it weight about 42 pounds as I recall.
But 8s can be make in reasonable weights. Not "light" but it's possible to make a 8 bore double as light as 11 pounds but the barrel become very thin and keep the loads fairly "mild". For the true "elephant guns" it's best to go a bit heavier. Loaded with balls and about 250 to 275 grains of powder, such guns do kick even at 14 pounds.
