What is your smallest caliber/gauge smoothie

[Mark Herman]

Not able to post but can send to your email.

 

[ppg1949]

Not able to post but can send to your email.

ok, I’ll send a PM.

 

[fishleclair]

I just picked up a .410 smooth bore.
Along with a 12 Gauge, I dunno what make is on the 12 as there are no markings but I can say it sure looks old and possibly period.

 

[ppg1949]

I just picked up a .410 smooth bore.
Along with a 12 Gauge, I dunno what make is on the 12 as there are no markings but I can say it sure looks old and possibly period.

fishle’ can you post pictures?

 

[ppg1949]

Here is my feeble attempt to post pictures of Mark Herman’s original 28 gauge smoothie.
Charles Siebert, 1839-1913
Franklin & Pickaway counties, Ohio
39.5 inch octagon to round barrel
28 gauge

 

[fishleclair]

fishle’ can you post pictures?

Ill post some up on Wed, Out of town right now. The patina on it looks right, the metal work looks like filed and hardware does not sit nice LOL.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

My smallest is 20 gauge. I have four.

LD

 

[ppg1949]

View attachment 21307 Yes, half oct barrel. Got parts from Sitting fox.View attachment 21306

Very nice!

 

[ppg1949]

LD, are they all flinters? What load do you shoot and what projectiles?

 

[ppg1949]

View attachment 21308 View attachment 21309 View attachment 21310 .27 cal. To be my tree rat gun. Still got some refining to do on it. Bored and reamed .22 Mossberg barrel self engineered lock. Been shot a few times but still not happy with lock geometry.
Dave

Dave, so far your 27 caliber is the smallest. Keep us posted on your loads.

 

[fishleclair]

Here is a pic of the hammer and some wood work.

 

[smoothshooter]

I have a Pedersoli Frontier flintlock that I bought as a .32. The bore was badly rusted so after a trip to Bobby Hoyt it is now a .40 smooth rifle. It shoots both .390 round ball and shot.
I also used to have a 9mm unmentionable. Known as a garden gun. It was fun but pretty short range and expensive to shoot.

So, what kind of accuracy do you get, and at what distances from a rest?

 

[ZionHeritageFarm]

I really haven’t worked with it as much as I need to, my wife and I moved over the summer and are still trying to get settled. It will do minute of squirrel out to 30 yards with round ball and works well with 5/8oz or 3/4 oz of 5 or 6 over 40-50 grains of 2f for squirrel. I need to spend more time with it to really get the loads figured out. With more fine tuning I think it would be deer capable with a heavier powder charge.

 

[excess650]

I have an original flint .45 smooth rifle. The barrel is swamped octagon, 45" long. In that its 220+ years old, I've never shot it.

 

[Grenadier1758]

@excess650, that is a beautiful smooth rifle. Odd that it doesn't have a rear sight.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[mushka]

Presently my only smoothie is a double barrel cap lock 20 ga. sotgun, hopefully real soon I'll have a .62 cal smoothbore rifle in the herd. Nothing small smoothie.

 

[excess650]

@excess650, that is a beautiful smooth rifle. Odd that it doesn't have a rear sight.

Thanks for sharing.

It DOES have a rear sight, but sights on the old guns were much lower profile than we generally use these day. Look closer, its above the forward end of the entry pipe.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Yes, that rear sight blends in well with the background.

 

[hanshi]

I only have one, a 20ga flintlock. 38" barrel and a rear sight.

 

[Stantheman86]

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