paulvallandigham
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You don't tell us what kind of load you are shooting in your Fowler? Have you tried shooting other fowlers, with different stock dimensions? Have you tried the load in other guns? Have you had another gun builder, or gunsmith take a look at your gun to see where you are being hit, and why the stock doesn't fit?
Making another gun is always fun, but unless you know your particular stock dimensions- normally we find this out by shooting lots of other guns until we find one that seems to fit us like a glove- you will just make a second gun that will hurt you, too. Is this your first fowler? Are you mounting the stock to the pocket of your shoulder, rather than out on the forearm? How long is the Length of pull? ( form the center of the trigger back to the center of the buttplate? How tall are you? Do you have narrow or wide shoulders? Do you have a barrel shaped chest and rib cage? Or are you more flat and " skinny framed" ? Do you have a long or short neck?
All of these questions are important to answer if someone is to help you find out why you are being kicked by a gun. Sometimes, its just a minor adjustment such as putting cast off on the buttplate, or changing a buttplate from a fairly narrow one to a broader one. Typically, the Length of Pull is too long, or the comb is too low, so you are crawling the stock, and laying your head on top of the stock rather bring the stock to the side of your face.
Most 20 ga. guns are not going to hurt you shooting Black Powder loads. Take a look at V.M. Starr's article on the ML shotgun, found in Bob Spenser's Black Powder Notebook.
[url] http://members.aye.net/~bspen/starr.html[/url]
Mr. Starr is considered the Dean of the ML Shotgun, having made, and studied and used the old guns all his life. Most of the guns he had were cylinder bore guns; only a few had jug chokes, and he was famous for doing that kind of work on other people's shotguns through ad. in Muzzle Blasts.
Let us know if we can be of further help. It would be ashame to get rid of a gun that only needed some small adjustment to make it work for you.
Making another gun is always fun, but unless you know your particular stock dimensions- normally we find this out by shooting lots of other guns until we find one that seems to fit us like a glove- you will just make a second gun that will hurt you, too. Is this your first fowler? Are you mounting the stock to the pocket of your shoulder, rather than out on the forearm? How long is the Length of pull? ( form the center of the trigger back to the center of the buttplate? How tall are you? Do you have narrow or wide shoulders? Do you have a barrel shaped chest and rib cage? Or are you more flat and " skinny framed" ? Do you have a long or short neck?
All of these questions are important to answer if someone is to help you find out why you are being kicked by a gun. Sometimes, its just a minor adjustment such as putting cast off on the buttplate, or changing a buttplate from a fairly narrow one to a broader one. Typically, the Length of Pull is too long, or the comb is too low, so you are crawling the stock, and laying your head on top of the stock rather bring the stock to the side of your face.
Most 20 ga. guns are not going to hurt you shooting Black Powder loads. Take a look at V.M. Starr's article on the ML shotgun, found in Bob Spenser's Black Powder Notebook.
[url] http://members.aye.net/~bspen/starr.html[/url]
Mr. Starr is considered the Dean of the ML Shotgun, having made, and studied and used the old guns all his life. Most of the guns he had were cylinder bore guns; only a few had jug chokes, and he was famous for doing that kind of work on other people's shotguns through ad. in Muzzle Blasts.
Let us know if we can be of further help. It would be ashame to get rid of a gun that only needed some small adjustment to make it work for you.
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