.50, smooth bore bear pistol, just finished. Shoots pretty good.
Robby
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.50, smooth bore bear pistol, just finished. Shoots pretty good.
Robby
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Are you going to use that on a bear ? It looks a little too short for my comfort...
It does look very nice.
It does look very nice.
8 BORE
50 Cal.
Best part is that it is
LEFT HANDED.
LEFT HANDED.
I have no plan to use it on a bear DoubleD. I saw a couple pictures of South Carolina and eastern Tennessee pistols that were specifically described as such, I liked the line and proportion so I made one. It goes with a Tennessee Mountain rifle I made a few years ago. All the steel furniture on these guns was pounded out and fashioned by me.
Robby
Robby
8 BORE
50 Cal.
You are an excellent gun builder
Einsiedler
40 Cal.
Very nice!!!!!!
jackley
40 Cal.
Looks Good!!!!
Pete G
76 Cal.
Should work great for bear; shoot the guide in the knee and you can outrun him.
8 BORE
50 Cal.
What the hell does that mean shoot the guide
shane a gress
40 Cal
That's hilarious.
GreenMtnHunter
Pilgrim
From FAMOUS LAST WORDS, by Hugo First: " I don't need to out-run the bear, I only need to out-run you....
I guess that ensures the outcome of the "race"....
GreenMtnHunter
Pilgrim
Almost neglected - Robby: I "tried" to build a pair like that - mine are .32's....yours are much better looking!
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
How long do you figure a bear pistol ought to be?
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Comfort and Poboy, that beautiful pistol, even if it was 30 feet long, would still be bear-ly long enough. The guide thing is a good idea.... Awfully rough on guides though. 
Robby, very impressive work, both rifle and pistol.
Robby, very impressive work, both rifle and pistol.
Great looking pistol! Tell me about the barrel if you would. Thanks!
I cut the end off a smooth bore, .50 caliber barrel I intended to make a Bucks county gun from, turns out, It was too badly bent to use. So I turned it down and put a little swamp into it. Just under 16" and surprising to me, pretty accurate out to 25 yards.
Thanks,
Robby
Thanks,
Robby
Pretty cool pistol, Robby. Very, very nice. And I thought the 13" swamped octagon barrel on the pistol I'm picking away at was long!
