smoothbore fowler

[fishindoc]

I've been real happy with my jackie brown 20 gauge fowler. I had jackie make me a gun that was 51 inches overall length and it has been a great gun. I want to build my own and have been looking at the chambers kits. i'm 5 foot 4 inches and the pennsylvania fowler I like is 62 inches. are any of you guys short like me but find that the long barrel length is not a problem. I guess you just load it with the gun on an angle to get the leverage to push home the ram rod. or a stool
joe

 

[Mike Brooks]

I've shot guns with 60" barrels and don't find them to be a problem.

 

[fishindoc]

mike how tall are you

 

[Mike Brooks]

5'11"

 

[fishindoc]

thanks mike- my point is the muzzle of the gun is as tall as I am and was wondering if that would be a problem to load
joe

 

[hhughh]

I just built their N. E. Fowler--62" long, same as the Pa fowler. I'm 5' 6", and don't have any trouble with it.

Hugh

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

That's how you do it. Just angle the piece a bit. The idea that long barrels are a problem is a falsehood. I have guns with barrels from 26" to 48" long and length isn't a factor in any way, from loading to moving through brush and thick cover. I prefer the longer barrels for balance and the longer sighting plane. The looks are a plus too.

 

[F.G. Ford]

I just bring a milkung stool along with me....it works.
Old Ford

 

[Carteret Kid]

How about carrying shovel too dig hole to place butt stock in ? :rotf:

 

[hhughh]

Stand on a ditch bank.................HHHHmmmmmmm is THIS how the military first came up with the idea for trenches????? :blah:

 

[ffffg]

Correct me if im wrong, I think our forfathers loaded these critters laying down when being shot at. Just hold it at a comfortable angle and load it... Get the correct buttplate for this.. Both chambers guns i have had great buttplates... you can reach up to seat the load vertically if neccesary... ... dave..

 

[fishindoc]

thanks guys i think i'm gonna go with the pennsylvania fowler and the full length barrel be damned with my height
joe

 

[twobirds]

Go for it! You're probably around average 18th-century height!

 

You will not regret it.

Bill

 

[rmills1205]

right on fishindoc! I'm 5'4" too, and in the end I ordered a fowler with a 44" barrel.

 

[Mike Brooks]

Your physical height and barrel length are compeately unrelated.