Smoothbore Picture Thread. Please Post!

[Skychief]

Original smooth rifle, 49 1/2" octagonal barrel, forge welded, swamped, 28 ga./.56 caliber, hook breech, deadly on squirrels, has taken one deer at 55 yards.





Spence

Hey Spence, you mention a hooked breech. Does this gun have wedges then, or pins? I can't make out which it has.

Thanks, Skychief.

 

[George]

It has wedges, just simple brass bars:



Spence

 

[larryp]

My NSW Chief's Grade. .62cal/20ga with a 36" barrel.

 

[AWsaddles]

62 cal smooth rifle I finished last fall with its first October 2014 buck. I'm turkey hunting with it at the moment but to no avail. If this weekend is successful I will post in the hunting forum

 

[bpd303]

My latest smoothbore. 16 gauge double by J.T. Phillips. Cochren locks.

 

[bpd303]

I also like the old ones.

 

[Captjoel]

Seeing that you fella's are sharing some of your golden oldies, here is one of mine. Totally unmarked but it shoots with a French accent. 24 gauge double.

 

[bpd303]

Very nice, I like it. Is the front trigger broken or a style I'm not familiar with?

 

[Stumpkiller]

My Mike Brooks 16 bore fowling piece. 42" Bbl.

And he worked in my traditional archery motif as well. :thumbsup:

Throws a fair 1 oz. round ball as well.

60 paces

And well centered. :grin:

 

[bowkill]

16 gauge smoothbore pistol i finished a couple months ago. shoots a nice pattern of 6 with 70 grains of fff. A real canon..lol

 

[Grumpa]

Now that would make nice woodcock gun.

 

[wattlebuster]

Thats a sharp pistol there Bowkill :thumbsup: I like it

 

[Skychief]

Now that would make nice woodcock gun.

How about for grouse Grumpa? :hmm: :shocked2:

 

[JD Peppergrinder]

I finally got around to taking photos of my smoothie. Shes a french type C fusil.

 

[Cruzatte]

I see what happened, Peppy. Peppy's Gun
This ought to work.

 

[Grumpa]

Grouse, I would think, too fast and too wild flushing. Woodcock, in my experience, flush close and spring up, then hold for just an instant before flapping away. A reasonable shot for a pistol.

 

[JD Peppergrinder]

Thank you Cruzatte. It might not work because I use an iphone. :idunno: In the process of trying to get the photo to post I ran out of time and forget to give a proper description.
Its a TOTW type C fusil with a 42 inch .62/20gauge barrel.

 

[Supercracker]

Another Short one. 34" full round 12ga. English......ish. Mental story being it was cut short for use on horseback and at some point the BP was lost and a leather pad added. Shoots good and has been a quail getting machine. however I've blown every shot I've had at a pig with it so far. :shake:

30 paces out. what a .715 ball does to a garbage bin of wet sand is impressive.

 

[Supercracker]

Also, while we're posting original doubles. here is the most prized gun of my collection/accumulation.

High end Belgian percussion gun by Scheppers. Probably 1850s. 12ga, Fully engraved, Gold and silver inlays in great shape (stock was refinished before I got it) and a really good shooter. Prior to building the flinter this was my go to bird gun.

my buddy Jaeger with a snipe.

 

[Grumpa]

Both pieces are lovely. Thank you for sharing.

I am intrigued by the Belgian double. The hammers are delightful, as indeed is everything about it.

I am curious, do the raised areas on the sides of the barrels between the breech plug/nipple area and the flutes on the barrels, serve a structural purpose?

And do I understand correctly that you built the flinter above, and modified it yourself?

Very nice work.