Ordering my Fowler.. need your help

[Rifleman1776]

Not always. It is a personal matter. I have a long barreled smoothie. Can shoot a couple times but for carrying all day or multiple shots as in matches, too much for me now. It is not a debatable issue. For me to stay in the shooting game I must have a short barrel.

 

[hanshi]

I know exactly where you're coming from. With multiple shoulder surgeries behind me and painful joints to deal with daily, I keep all my barrels at 38" or 36". I recently had to sell a beloved and wonderfully accurate 42" rifle as I could no longer handle the weight. It's being replaced with a swamped 38". My smoothie is 38" and easy to handle. Personally, I'm not overly concerned with PC/HC.

 

[robinghewitt]

Hi Frank

I don't like pain either, I bandsawed the end off my trigger finger last year, had to use my middle finger for a couple of shoots really cramped my style :shocked2:

I've been playing with a 10g live pigeon gun that weighs only 5 pounds. I started with a 10g load and nearly took my shoulder off. Then Bill Curtis told me that the LP competition rules fixed the weight of the gun and the load. Seems they had a theory that that a shorter shot column gave a tighter pattern so they increased the bore size.

If your duff shoulder isn't the one carrying the recoil then a live pigeon gun could be the way to go. They aren't expensive because they are pretty useless if you aren't stuck with the old live pigeon rule book. It is extremely pointable :thumbsup:

best

Robin

 

[Rifleman1776]

Robin, sorry about the finger, hope it heals well. Recoil is not so much the issue as strength. I just can't hold up a heavy barrel anymore. I might be able to continue hunting with my Jaeger as that requires only one or two shots and I can rest against a tree if necessary. But all day competition with a heavy gun is a thing of the past for me. I'm looking forward to getting my fowler and learning to use it. Cheers.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Good luck with the finger, Robin. I worked in my brother-in-laws's cabinet shop for a time and he had an ancient (I mean converted from overhead belt-driven ancient) bandsaw with a 20" maw and 13 foot looped blade that scared the bejezus out of me whenever I had to use it.

I had this recurring mental image of looking at my severed hand laying on the table.


Would have been the cats arse for making 3" x 8" x 72" stock blank planks, though.

 

[shortbow]

Rifleman, we're in the same boat. Because of illness I'm sometimes weak as a poisoned pup. My last long, heavy Hawken got the old hacksaw treatment. It had a 1" barrel, 36" long and it just fought me every shot.

But, now as you, I'm looking fwd to trying the fowler I have ordered. I'm expecting great things from it, given all I've read on here about their ability to kill big game at 70 plus yards.