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Thanks for posting these photos. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on assembly and finishing. I’m expecting mine next week, a 16 gauge with a walnut stock.
Ordering both barrels is an interesting idea.
Straight, no choke or jug as far as I know.Looks really nice. Do the barrels have a choke or are they jugged or straight?
Yes, and it could throw the sight plane off. At least for myself, I shoot much better when I can get well down and pretty much barely seeing the top of the barrel. Many times I've considered purchasing one of the European doubles but they all had high combs. I was told that it's a European thing because they often shoot incoming driven birds.Shortening the butt stock, of course, brings up other problems especially with fitting the butt plate.
If you need anymore pin stock please PM me, I have some extra from past projects. I’ll send you some.The gun arrived with the rear ramrod entry pipe, butt plate and trigger guard installed. I scraped a few feather-like bits of wood clinging to the barrel channel wherever it is penetrated by a slot and where the channel goes from flat to round. About 30 seconds of work. The barrel slipped right into place. Other than the pins holding in the trigger guard and ramrod pipe my kit seemed to be missing pin material. I had a bit left over from another project that I cut to hold the barrel in.
So far this is as easy a kit to assemble as I could imagine existing. The wood and metal finishing is next.
I am in the same boat...But I am waiting for some range reports from ya all! So how about that get busy guys need to see some shooting.I’m leaning heavily towards the 16 for handling characteristics. But I shook quite a lot of roundball so am not sure…
16 gauge/0.662" is my favorite. Most barrel makers do a 12 and 20 gauge, so to make a 16 they bore out a 20 . . . making the 16 bore lighter than either the 12 or 20 gauge barrels.Jim, curious why the 16 gauge isn’t recommended for round ball shooting?
What kind of metal preparation will you have to do on a round barrel? Are the barrels ready for some finishing?The gun arrived with the rear ramrod entry pipe, butt plate and trigger guard installed. I scraped a few feather-like bits of wood clinging to the barrel channel wherever it is penetrated by a slot and where the channel goes from flat to round. About 30 seconds of work. The barrel slipped right into place. Other than the pins holding in the trigger guard and ramrod pipe my kit seemed to be missing pin material. I had a bit left over from another project that I cut to hold the barrel in.
So far this is as easy a kit to assemble as I could imagine existing. The wood and metal finishing is next.
I think you could brown the barrel as is. I am going to sand it a bit smoother and leave it in the whiteWhat kind of metal preparation will you have to do on a round barrel? Are the barrels ready for some finishing?
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