Hello the camp.
Any one own A Caywood Wilson? I am about to drop hammer on one. In and all information
Appreciate. Thanks,
Oldgoat
Any one own A Caywood Wilson? I am about to drop hammer on one. In and all information
Appreciate. Thanks,
Oldgoat
Yup, I own one. They're fine pieces. Mine is the one that got me hooked on smooth bores. It has a 41" barrel and is 20 ga. Using square loads, (2¼ dr. 2fg, and 7/8 oz. of shot) I've managed to break a few clay pigeons. With the same powder charge, a .010" greased patch, and a .600 ball it shoots where I'm looking.Hello the camp.
Any one own A Caywood Wilson? I am about to drop hammer on one. In and all information
Appreciate. Thanks,
Oldgoat
. I have one Wilson .62. Got way back in 1996. Heavy trigger pull but it’s the most accurate and fastest smooth bore I own. Don’t know if the new ones are as good. But I wouldn’t sell mine for all the tea in china. Shot doves duck wild hog deer. Won a few matches with it.Hello the camp.
Any one own A Caywood Wilson? I am about to drop hammer on one. In and all information
Appreciate. Thanks,
Oldgoat
Shooting my Tulle Fusil de Chasse without a vent liner and modern improvements has let me experience the challenge that faced the shooters of the 18th century. That has made my shooting a lot more meaningful knowing what it was like back then if not as easy as today.I am the fortunate owner of the smoothbore that Dave describes. I have owned and shot the gun since 1997. I was always happy with the quality and the accuracy, but the slow ignition kept me from enjoying the gun to the fullest. Dave's modifications were precisely the right remedy. I am delighted with this smoothbore and am excited about shooting it for many more years.
Thanks bud, hope you and your have a blessed day.Hi,
Vent liners are not modern improvements. I have a 300-yr old Spanish barrel that was originally mounted with a funneled touch hole liner. That was the common practice for those barrel makers. However, trade guns certainly were not fitted with liners originally like the better quality English fowlers made at the time.
dave
Mike Rowe originally had the design and production of many of those Caywood locks IIRC. He had a good handle on what makes a clock (I mean a lock ) tick.
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