{"id":21330,"date":"2022-11-03T12:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/big-bore-buffet-2-bore-4-bore-and-more\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:03:53","slug":"big-bore-buffet-2-bore-4-bore-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/big-bore-buffet-2-bore-4-bore-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bore Buffet: 2 Bore, 4 Bore, and MORE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/knGgU924vRs?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Big bore rifles were vital tools for any dangerous game hunt where stopping power was essential. However, as propellants evolved to provide higher velocities and longer ranges, &#8220;more lead&#8221; became less important. <\/p>\n<p>While big bore guns aren&#8217;t as widely used today, there are still a handful of master craftsmen and manufacturers keeping the art alive with modern versions of these massive stopping rifles. RIAC&#8217;s Rick Henley takes us through a few from the old school and a few from the new.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big bore rifles were vital tools for any dangerous game hunt where stopping power was essential. However, as propellants evolved to provide higher velocities and longer ranges, &#8220;more lead&#8221; became less important. While big bore guns aren&#8217;t as widely used today, there are still a handful of master craftsmen and manufacturers keeping the art alive&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/big-bore-buffet-2-bore-4-bore-and-more\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Bore Buffet: 2 Bore, 4 Bore, and MORE!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":21331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}