Rocky Johnson
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My .50 cal. Peter Berry has a 42 inch which is a pain in a blind,I would like a Chambers English gentelman rifle in .54cal..
Just wishing :wink:
Just wishing :wink:
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E Poffinbarger
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Actually, I too utterly love the looks of the long stock, long barrel rifles they are beautiful.
:rotf: However I've never wanted to bet my life on whether I could more effectively use a longer barrel as a poking stick to keep a momma gator or a sow pig at bay.
For what its worth, the ill tempered 450+ lb. boar in the photo came out of the palmettos at full speed 25yds away.
:rotf: However I've never wanted to bet my life on whether I could more effectively use a longer barrel as a poking stick to keep a momma gator or a sow pig at bay.
For what its worth, the ill tempered 450+ lb. boar in the photo came out of the palmettos at full speed 25yds away.
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Rocky J said:
I use a pretty roomy popup blind in certain areas, especially the Island I hunt and have found, for me, a 34" barrel is about my limit to easily get turned around if I need to and handle my gun. Did a couple of years with a 42" barrel rifle and it was comical and frustrating at times, longguns just aren't ment to be used in blinds by people like me. :haha:
I wonder how many of those who praised the "need" for a short barrel for any number of reasons have ever used a long gun for hunting.Unless you have the barrel of a 44" gun stuck in a knothole it will come up as fast as a 28-36 " gun I have used them all over the last 40 years.Hunting from blinds is the only place I could see length being an issue, while walking if carried correctly any well balanced gun will come to shoulder as fast and the barrel will follow.
Rocky Johnson
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My 42inch swamped barrel handles real well I love it but it is about 6 inches to long in a pop up blind. I brushed the side of the blind while trying to turn and get the barrel out the left side becouse the deer came up on the wrong side,I shoot left handed. It was a doe so I didn't feel to bad about it running off like someone was shooting at it,but it could have been a keeper buck. :wink:
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Osage said:
This 225lber charged me as well and all I had was my longbow and my back to a mesquite thicket. If I hadn't been wearing knee high snake boots I would have been cut. It's what I get for not letting him sit long enough to get all the way dead.
longcruise
70 Cal.
Those mtn lions are everywhere. Even though we hear of occasional attacks by cats, they are rare.
The way cats attack, if you are on the menu, you won't even see it coming. Won't make much diff how long your barrel is. :haha:
The way cats attack, if you are on the menu, you won't even see it coming. Won't make much diff how long your barrel is. :haha:
Little Wattsy
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YoungGunner said:
I like 32" personally... VERY accurate and light/easy to carry. Purty easy to get a 36" barrel and whack off 4".
Just :2
E Poffinbarger
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Supercracker:
O'yes, my friend you know the feeling. There are those who talk, however once you realize that you are the hunted, suddenly things become a little different. As the old saying goes, "Once you've seen war, you'll never quit seeing it".
Osage
O'yes, my friend you know the feeling. There are those who talk, however once you realize that you are the hunted, suddenly things become a little different. As the old saying goes, "Once you've seen war, you'll never quit seeing it".
Osage
My deer hunting rifle has a 44" barrel. And here in Upstate NY the woods and brushlots can be tight.
You get used to it.
You get used to it.
A 42" barreled rifle with a well balanced point for one hand carry that falls into the light to moderate weight catagory is a dream to carry in the woods. Going through the thick stuff I try to keep it in either the vertical or horizontal position depending on the brush. It glides through. :thumbsup:
