Carbines

[mooman76]

I had a CVA Frontier Carbine with a 24" barrel. Nice light well balanced gun. Shot fantastic. Everyone made fun of it until I won 2 events that day. Wish I still had it.

 

[CumberlandRiver]

"Best shot I made was from our canoe, a ball through a wasp's nest over the river. Wasps were displeased, as were some guys in following canoes."

I like your style!

 

[Bassdog1]

I agree on the TC Cherokee ( Seneca also its only 27") In 32, 36 or 45 cal they are a light and handy rifle to pack around.

 

[gustrolland]

I'm thinking about those guns with say 24" barrels or less. Examples might include;

* Traditions Buckskinner Carbine
* T/C PA Hunter Carbine
* T/C White Mtn Carbine
* Lyman Deerstalker
* Others?

I've been shooting a T/C PA Hunter Carbine for years, I can usually hit clay pigeons at 50 yards offhand about 90% of the time. I find it a really handy gun. I recently had a T/C White Mtn Carbine .50 rebored to .54 for round ball shooting any I having a pretty good time learning it.

I'm curious to know who else out there likes these short guns and what your experience with them might have been.

I prefer short rifles for hunting in the brush. And of the five long guns that I have , I have shorten three of then. Short long guns are really handy.

 

[hanshi]

I owned a .50 Traditions "DeerHunter", 24" tube, for over 20 years. It was a delight to carry, shoot and hunt with when in the bush. True to it's name it did drop quite a few deer. I now have a .45, 25" barrel hand built rifle replacement I got years ago. It's never hunted but has won a few postal matches.

 

[Africa58double]

Pa hunter carbine .50
Neat little rifle
Never fired

 

[Reds]

I also have the Pa Hunter Carbine .50 new in box never fired. I use a White Mountain Carbine .50 for deer, and this year elk and bear. Last time muzzleloading for elk I used a .54 TC Hawkins it was very deadly but a little heavy so I'm glad I have the WM Carbine this go around.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

Since visiting Gettysburg I have acquired a renewed interest in my 1859 Sharps carbine. I bought one of the new heeled bullet molds to try. Making up paper cartridges with it is much easier than the old tie on Christmas tree bullet. Accuracy with this rifle is rather impressive and I have taken it deer hunting a few times. Short, handy and it offers good power with it's 500 grain bullet. What's not to like.

 

[Bad Karma]

Since visiting Gettysburg I have acquired a renewed interest in my 1859 Sharps carbine. I bought one of the new heeled bullet molds to try. Making up paper cartridges with it is much easier than the old tie on Christmas tree bullet. Accuracy with this rifle is rather impressive and I have taken it deer hunting a few times. Short, handy and it offers good power with it's 500 grain bullet. What's not to like.

I feel exactly like that about the Smith carbine. They’re not high powered rifles but that big bullet is going to be hard to stop and they’re easy to manage.

 

[Stantheman86]

Find a Parker-Hale, Euroarms or Pedersoli Enfield Musketoon, or any of the "clones" like a Cook & Brother or JP Murray.

They are all 1-48" twist, drive tacks with round balls or conicals , are really nice handling and balanced rifles and it's a .58, what's not to love. They will do anything you'd ever need a rifle for.

 

[Africa58double]

Just got my First Jaeger. 27”.May not be a carbine- yet it sure is when comparing it to many other rifles. I really do like the short Authentic Jaeger rifles- in big bores! That’s my kinda carbine. A .62 or .72 Caliber with a short 24” barrel - very neat indeed. This internet photo is what I’m talking bout! So cool

 

[sportster73hp]

58 caliber calvary carbine. Accurate enough but have not hunted with it.