How Low Can You Go?

[robinghewitt]

Half stock with a steel ram rod, you'd only need 27" of wood ::

 

[musketman]

You should mail it to me for testing, please include return postage and enough money to cover powder, ball and shot...

 

[robinghewitt]

How about a compromise? I'll say I've sent it to you but I won't really ::

 

[Deadeye]

Last week I had a similar English gun come in for an appraisal.
It was a 20 ga. but only weighted about 4 lbs. What a little beauty. I should have taken a picture.

 

This find little flint gun is almost identical in appearance to a 1/2 stock bar-lock percussion .36 rifle that came into my brother's hands some time ago. The swamped, tapered octagon barrel was pretty rotten inside, but the breech, and oustide was just fine, so we lined it with a turned down .36 Bauska blank. It shoots into an inch at 50yards with a variety of loads, and except for not having enough drop in the stock, is delightful to shoot. As the pull is 14", it is a man's gun, but has little drop, perhaps made for a man with no neck.