Carolina Gun build / canoe length

[Rató:rats]

Fantastic!
I shouldn’t have looked at this post so close to my income tax refund coming in

 

[Pierre009]

Completely done , finally . On its way to Tennessee soon ....

What a beauty...congrats

 

[mikesto44]

Excellent work.... !!!!

 

[Rob M.]

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[George Andrix]

I can't understand why any one would want a gun as long as a canoe, even if it was a very short canoe.

 

[TDM]

I can't understand why any one would want a gun as long as a canoe, even if it was a very short canoe.

Haven’t you heard the old saying, “whatever floats your canoe”?

 

[BruceHuxford]

That's a beautiful piece

 

[50calBoone]

That is Nice, Beautiful

 

[Norman Brooks]

Oh , I dont dislike them ! I've made a bunch of them and like them a bunch just want folks to realize they do have their limitations . Great little light guns ! Here is the first Canoe length NW gun I made , probably around 1997 .

Just started a short barreled .62cal fowler. I don't plan on shooting much shot out of it, mostly round ball. Is there a limitation on how good a round ball shoots? Another question could a jug choke help on the shot, and would that make a round ball shoot bad?

 

[Royboyg72]

Does anybody on here own a T/C New Englander black powder rifle.

 

[Rob M.]

Just started a short barreled .62cal fowler. I don't plan on shooting much shot out of it, mostly round ball. Is there a limitation on how good a round ball shoots? Another question could a jug choke help on the shot, and would that make a round ball shoot bad?

Usually a short barreled gun is not hampered by round ball inaccuracy its the shot patterns that suffer. I would never have a jug choked barrel as it limits the gun to shot shooting only . The whole idea of a smoothbore is to have a gun that is versatile and can kill any type of game , making the gun no good for round ball shooting is a detriment . Now , I've heard folks say jug choke doesn't effect round ball shooting but I have no idea where that BS is coming from . The longer the barrel , the better performance your going to get . Short barrels can be great but just consider everything before making your decision . Dragging a 48" around my place , your not going to be very happy , too brushy . A short barreled Fusil would be just fine , your not going to get any shots past 35-40 yards . Stuff like that ... For better patterns with short barrels you can use shot cups , modern wads , taped, and shot bags , lots of tricks

 

[Norman Brooks]

Thanks Rob M. for the info. Have done a little shooting with a 12 gauge flinter that I jug choked using round ball with patch and using a over powder cushion wad shot fair, w/o the wad it shot to the right, but I have problems with sunny days and no rear sight so the experiment will have to wait for a cloudy day and maybe glue a rear sight on the barrel. As for the short barreled one I'm building will be a round ball shooter only. Again thanks for the info.