New 20 gauge smooth rifle

[Raynor]

Things so dang long I couldn't get a full shot withing standing 20 feet away. :grin: Not the best pics in the world, but gives an idea of what it looks like.

Has a 46" 20 gauge swamped barrel with aged finish, iron hardware. Love the looks of this aged finish. Queen Anne lock is smooth. Maple stock with wooden patch box.

Not saying who the maker is, doesn't matter. What matters is that I think this gun is pure awesome and I couldn't be happier.

Anyone know where I can order wads and overshot cards. I have some coming from Track, but they're 4 days away. They wanted $40 to ship 2nd day air. Come on, I ship daily with UPS and know that 1 pound doesn't cost nearly that for 2nd day.

Like to get out this weekend and try for a grouse or 2.

 

[Rebel]

Thank you for posting the pics, very nice. And thank you for Not posting the builder, last thing we need is another mine is better than yours argument going on about builders. The Gun Works in Springfield, Ore. carries all sizes of Circle fly wads. They may be faster than TOW.

 

[Raynor]

Thanks Rebel,

I have some coming from Dixie that should be here Friday.

Can't wait to get out and do a some hunting for grouse, turkey, then deer.

Still can't get over how well it shoulders and how light it is for the length. Swings a little slow, but I think it'll be a blast to hunt with.

 

[Rebel]

All i hunt with any more is my .20 smoothbore. Mine isn't quite as long as yours, it only has a 42" barrel, but it shoulders and points real well. Good luck with yours.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Raynor: I hate to spit in the soup, but have you actually measure the bore of the gun? I mean, with calipers? I got a rude awakening when I found that 20 ga. wads went down too easy. Seems my barrel is a little oversized in bore dimension. I ended up buying 19 ga. over powder, and overshot wads/cards. I can use the 20 ga. cushion wads, because they tend to expand when lubed with my moose milk. My barrel was made from tubing, but is machined half round, half octagon, with a wedding band where the two meet. My gunmaker just made a similar gun with a barrel from the same company and it was right at the correct dimension. I think he was shocked when we told him, and then showed him that the bore was larger than it should be. He had never had such a thing occur before. He evens has a 20 ga. gun of his own, made from barrel stock from the same source!

I only point this out because I would hate to see Friday and Saturday come, and you find out the wads you waited so long to receive are too small! Poop happens. Even to nice people.

 

[berickson]

you also could go to your local tool store & buy a punch a bit larger than your bore (5/8"??). cut wads out of milk cartons or heavy card stock. 2 over powder/1 over shot.
works on grouse up here.

 

[Raynor]

Thanks for the heads up.

I did check it before ordering and it came in at exactly .620 :thumbsup:

 

[Raynor]

:thumbsup:

 

[Java Man]

If you have any green leaves left on the trees, then wads you have.

Nice gun too. :thumbsup:

 

[paulvallandigham]

Great: You won't be disappointed. mine is .623", requiring me to go to the larger wad. If you want more 20 ga. wads, I can make you a great deal on these I still have. PM me if interested.

 

[squirejohn]

Raynor - Since the woods will be quite wet this weekend try using tiolet paper for wadding as there is no danger of setting the woods on fire.

 

[RC]

Raynor - try using tiolet paper for wadding

SO...when we was at the N'Eatern in freeport, maine, and glen asked where all the toilet paper went outa the hooters,,,you KNEW???????????????

 

[ffffg]

a slow swing comes from trap style shooting.. traps thrown in the sidways directions are slow.. now skeet thats a different story.. youll never catch a skeet wih a trap style swing.. or i should say if you do catch it your passing it so fast your reducing the chances of a hit.. ok so how do you swing a longstock for low passing birds? you start with the stock down and barrel up, gun extended vertically in front of you. your feet are pointed ahead of the birds flight.. this is done by taking one step with your lead foot slightly ahead of where you think the bird will be when you shoot. recoil will be slow so remember different body positions will give different impacts.. probably not important with a 20 gauge as recoil is almost nill in that size gun.. its a finer point so ill drop it.. ok back to swing.. the butt is under your shoulder now , and the end of the barrel is starting to approach the bird, and your in full swing.. as your barrel end passes the bird you bring the butt up to your shoulder, the end of the barrel and your eye are still in the same line as the flight of the bird.. your doing all this by swinging your hips and waist not your legs or shoulders.. as you pass the bird if its fast moving your gun should be pointed ahead of it and your feet pointed in the right direction as you exagerated this a little when your started.. so now the gun is slowing down, becouse of the extention, but it is up to the speed of the bird and its going past, and when your gun is past the correct amount of lead you squeeze your trigger hand, not pull the trigger, and follow thru, hold until relieved... and still keep following the birds flight the distance you wish to lead to well after the shot has left the gun.... this is called sustained lead..and when shooting a slow burning flinch lock, follow thru is the whole game.. the point im trying to make is that an ice skater varies the spin speed by the amount the leg and arms are extended.. the further the extention the slower they spin, the tighter they are the faster they spin.. your spining(leading ) the bird by keeping your circumfernce small. this is achieved by haveing the end of the barrel and your line of sight of the bird lined up with the bird while the barrel is about two feet from your nose with the butt down.. etc.. long guns arnt slow at all if shouldered correctly.. dave...

 

[Mike Brooks]

Great post Dave! That's how you go birding with long barreled guns. I've succesfully shot skeet and hunted pheasants with a 48" 28 bore for years with no problem. I've never felt at a disadvantage with a long barreled flint gun. (long is a relative term on this board)
About that slow ignition.....I could fix that for you. :winking:

 

[chuck-ia]

nice looking gun, I am sure you will like it. I have a .62 with a 44" barrel and hunting deer with it this week I never had any trouble with the 44" barrel. I shot a deer with mine last night, now it's rabbits, squirrels and pheasant. flinch

 

[Raynor]

Any pics of your deer with rifle laying across it? Lets see some pics. That's gotta be as much fun as shooting one with a longbow. I've got a few bucks with longbow, nothing like it.

 

[chuck-ia]

matter of fact I do, but don't know how to post them, daughter put them in my e-mail. when she gets home I'll try to talk her into posting them, probably in my post in muzzleloader hunting. flinch

 

[chuck-ia]

yes it is very rewarding, I have shot a couple with a recurve but not a longbow, this smoothbore flintlock thing ranks right up there with the recurve. flinch

 

[Capt. Jas.]

Ah, sustained lead! Any time spent behind the bird is wasted time. :thumbsup:

 

[riverrat43]

Paul, speaking of spitting in soup..my builder emailed me that the ID of my barrel is .625. Any suggestions for wad sizes so I get it right the first time?