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A RIFLE?

Two of my guns have Rifled bores. The engraved Warnant single shot has deeply cut rifling and one barrel of the underlever double has wide, shallow rifling. As for the 9mm ball loads, I could find no data on any of them. All I do know is that I can see the ball leaving the barrel. Even though many of these guns feature Rifle sights, there is little relationship to where a single ball shot will hit. No grouping at all. You really can shoot these in a basement or parlor. Just don’t fool yourself into believing that doing so will improve your shooting - this is one case in which the gun really can’t shoot better than you can hold.

STILL AVAILABLE

There are still 9mm garden guns being made in Europe. Despite the very small market it seems the old Flobert 9mm will leave a mark in three separate centuries. One model found online at an English shooting website is the Falco, which is made in Italy. This is a break-open single shot that uses a pivoting trigger guard as the opening lever. The gun can be folded almost in half and there is a groove in the forearm for the trigger guard to rest in when the gun is fully folded. They are offered in 9mm and .410. This is similar to a Beretta-made single shot that was imported to the U.S. in the 1970s. Some Falco products are currently imported to the U.S. but not the 9mm shotgun.