Example of short barreled Smothbores?

[Supercracker]

I'll have one in a couple of weeks. lol

34" 12ga built as a southern restocked fowler cut down for use while mounted.

 

[Razor62]

Now THAT"S what I'm talkin' 'bout!!! H.C. or not it's exactly what I was hoping to see. I wasn't sure if a graceful gun could be had with such a short barrel but there's your proof. Any chance that you've got some more pics of her colmoultrie?

 

[colmoultrie]

Here are the others I've got. I've posted most before, but glad to oblige.

 

[Supercracker]

Very very nice!!

Who made the barrel? Does Douglas make ML barrels?

 

[colmoultrie]

This was a Numrich Arms modern shotgun barrel originally. I'm not sure how finished it was before Mr. Douglas got it, but I think it was still in the unbreeched blank stage.

 

[Razor62]

Thank you colmoultrie. That's what I needed. She really is pretty.

 

[Luke MacGillie]

Capt. Jas. gives good advice, especially if you want to be correct for the 18th century. There were some short guns, but getting it right is tricky. Many cut-down guns were done so crudely; other short guns have a completely different barrel profile from a modern shotgun - a blunderbuss, for example.

That said, here's mine - not necessarily historically correct, but fun:

It has a 26" bbl. in 16 ga. "Sweet William" Douglas built it for ChuckPA, and I traded him for it years ago. It "could" be a trade gun, an oddball carbine, or just fun.

I like that Target, would you be willing to share?

 

[billthefifth]

+1 on that target!! That's a marketable product in my opinion! :wink:

 

[colmoultrie]

Here's a photo. The artwork isn't mine, so I can't use it commercially, even if I wanted to. I don't know whom to credit with this. It came in a pile of free targets, I believe, at the local gun club. The initials at the bottom are, I believe the artist, but I don't know who it is.

 

[Luke MacGillie]

Thanks so much!

 

[Alden]

Think it's 19"...

 

[colmoultrie]

Nice pieces! I like the Katzenbalger - if that's the name. Of course the matchlock is not shabby either.

 

[Ike Godsey]

I like the Katzenbalger - if that's the name.

yes, Katzbalger is the correct name. one of the many stories around this type of weapon says that the name came from the handle that was covered with cat-hide.

ike

 

[Alden]

Me? Ow!