BP Brush Gun?
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Good Lord....174 views and nobody? Guess I'm officially crazy
Well why not go full bore then? How about a third grader like photoshop of the impending massacre
23" to 18" (maybe 16.5"
) relocate the rear sight annnnd....CAMO of course!
No bubba'n involved. Barrel cut concentric, properly re-crowned. All screw holes filled and metal refinished (as needed) maybe add ghost ring rear sight.
This is a CVA staghorn Magnum.
Well why not go full bore then? How about a third grader like photoshop of the impending massacre
23" to 18" (maybe 16.5"
) relocate the rear sight annnnd....CAMO of course!No bubba'n involved. Barrel cut concentric, properly re-crowned. All screw holes filled and metal refinished (as needed) maybe add ghost ring rear sight.
This is a CVA staghorn Magnum.
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bedbugbilly
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There's a guy who has a CVA Bobcat listed FS in the FS/WTB section right now that looks like it would be a good little "brush gun"!
Oh, my . . . . wait a minute . . that's you!
Oh, my . . . . wait a minute . . that's you!
deerslayer303
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SHORTY!!
Here is my brush gun. Cabela's / Investarms Sporterized Hawken Hunter Carbine,.58 Cal, 22 inch barrel, 1:48" twist rate! I LOVE this rifle, it shoots pretty dog gone good too with either Lee R.E.A.L bullets or patched round ball.
Here is Cabela's link with a better pic, my picture does the rifle NO justice, it really is beautiful. I don't think Cabela's will carry them any more, and the .58 cal. was discontinued long before the .50 and .54
http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=727321
Here is my brush gun. Cabela's / Investarms Sporterized Hawken Hunter Carbine,.58 Cal, 22 inch barrel, 1:48" twist rate! I LOVE this rifle, it shoots pretty dog gone good too with either Lee R.E.A.L bullets or patched round ball.
Here is Cabela's link with a better pic, my picture does the rifle NO justice, it really is beautiful. I don't think Cabela's will carry them any more, and the .58 cal. was discontinued long before the .50 and .54
http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=727321
deerslayer303
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Nonsense, I'll bet you a fat rat to a funky monkey I can load that carbine as fast as you can with those fancy new fangled pellets!
To be truthful, I've never been a fan of pellets either (to date I've never used them), and this is only the second inline I've had my entire life. I'd bet $100 you can load as fast as the pellets.... Believe you me, I'm pretty dang quick with powder and a miniball too. As a honer roll graduate of Hardee's light infantry tactics 101, I can crank out the heat...while moving
.....in formation
I just for some reason feel better about leaving an inline with pellets loaded for a few days if I have to...more so than powder in a side-lock. Misplaced thought maybe?
My deer hunting is like speed dating. My job requires me to get quantity over quality
I may go every other day....one week I went everyday but Sunday. But it's only from before sun up till about 10am. So very often this year, I found myself hiking out of the woods with a loaded sidelock smoke pole. That would be the main goal behind this inline. Quick, light handy and can get a straight shot from the muzzle the the breach with minimal tools and dissembling.
Otherwise I'd love nothing more then to go out "properly" garbed with a Lancaster school flinter more often...Maybe some day I get the time
But for this year I want to maximize the time I have.
And the cool part of this is...right after starting this thread (seriously, like five minuets after), I was contacted by an individual that lived only minuets from me, with the perfect CVA Staghorn "donor" rifle for the project. And at a price that couldn't be passed up
), and this is only the second inline I've had my entire life. I'd bet $100 you can load as fast as the pellets.... Believe you me, I'm pretty dang quick with powder and a miniball too. As a honer roll graduate of Hardee's light infantry tactics 101, I can crank out the heat...while moving.....in formationI just for some reason feel better about leaving an inline with pellets loaded for a few days if I have to...more so than powder in a side-lock. Misplaced thought maybe?
My deer hunting is like speed dating. My job requires me to get quantity over quality
I may go every other day....one week I went everyday but Sunday. But it's only from before sun up till about 10am. So very often this year, I found myself hiking out of the woods with a loaded sidelock smoke pole. That would be the main goal behind this inline. Quick, light handy and can get a straight shot from the muzzle the the breach with minimal tools and dissembling.Otherwise I'd love nothing more then to go out "properly" garbed with a Lancaster school flinter more often...Maybe some day I get the time
But for this year I want to maximize the time I have.And the cool part of this is...right after starting this thread (seriously, like five minuets after), I was contacted by an individual that lived only minuets from me, with the perfect CVA Staghorn "donor" rifle for the project. And at a price that couldn't be passed up
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deerslayer303
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Oh I totally under stand your point, no doubt, I was just messin with ya a little. I WISH one of these Smoke pole manufacturer's would make me a Side lock with a REMOVABLE breech plug / lug. That way you could have the traditional "look" with the modern ease of cleaning and unloading. Just my take, I know the traditional guys will scoof at this. But it would be a cool feature.
Mykeal,
I got my Dad a Traditions .54 caliber Deer Hunter for this past Christmas, looks just like That Fox River 50. After "customizing" it a little of course New oil rubbed finish and took the thick flat black "paint"
looking crud off the barrel and blued it. Still need a nice set of sights for it.
I got my Dad a Traditions .54 caliber Deer Hunter for this past Christmas, looks just like That Fox River 50. After "customizing" it a little of course
New oil rubbed finish and took the thick flat black "paint" looking crud off the barrel and blued it. Still need a nice set of sights for it.
Parker Hale Enfield Musketoon. 24" barrel of .577 caliber goodness.
http://www.cwreenactors.com/forum/showthread.php?22160-WTS-Parker-Hale-Enfield-Musketoon
(not mine, but I have one like it but without the sling)
http://www.cwreenactors.com/forum/showthread.php?22160-WTS-Parker-Hale-Enfield-Musketoon
(not mine, but I have one like it but without the sling)
Oh believe me Gary. The Enfield musketoon has been in my top 3 Black Powder wants for a Looonng time. I have an original 1853 3 band that was cut down to a musketoon or artillery carbine. I just have other higher on "the list". There is a un fired, NIB 1970s Parker hail at the LGS. It's drop dead gorges, and I drool over it every time I go in there....just not the $789 price tag. I found one last year for $375 on line and missed it by a few minuets
the Black Spot
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I had a cva .50 barrel that was 28" and i cut it down to 21" recrowned it and shot a few squirrels with it
I am a plinker and not now, nor have I ever been a hunter.....
....But when I went with my uncle, back in the day, he liked his 30-30 a 336 Marlin as a brush rifle because it was short and light, he chose a rather heavy slug, he did not need to reach out very far where he hunted in southeastern PA so no scope was needed. The MV was somewhat low so the the trajectory was not disturbed by twigs and such. These are the qualities that, for him, defined the brush rifle. He also had a place in Lycoming County where the shots were far longer. For that he liked a 270 (Remington 700). Still heavy enough to provide a straight shot in undergrowth, but more umph to reach out a little further. On that rifle he used a four power scope. He sighted it for 25 yards and it was spot on at 200.
Isn't it true that the term, "Brush gun" has a pretty wide range of descriptions?
A brush gun in SE PA is different from a brush gun just 200 miles away.
....But when I went with my uncle, back in the day, he liked his 30-30 a 336 Marlin as a brush rifle because it was short and light, he chose a rather heavy slug, he did not need to reach out very far where he hunted in southeastern PA so no scope was needed. The MV was somewhat low so the the trajectory was not disturbed by twigs and such. These are the qualities that, for him, defined the brush rifle. He also had a place in Lycoming County where the shots were far longer. For that he liked a 270 (Remington 700). Still heavy enough to provide a straight shot in undergrowth, but more umph to reach out a little further. On that rifle he used a four power scope. He sighted it for 25 yards and it was spot on at 200.
Isn't it true that the term, "Brush gun" has a pretty wide range of descriptions?
A brush gun in SE PA is different from a brush gun just 200 miles away.