Good Deed for the Month

[Eldon Goddard]

I went and looked at an L.C. Smith of a friends. 12 gauge 28'' extractor gun with FW serial number. It has been totally reblued badly. The bores looked ok and the barrels rang somewhat. Overall the gun just needed a good cleaning little bit of rust and grime. Anyways the first thing he says is he wants to cut the barrels down to 20'' and make a coach gun. I talked him out of it and now he wants to take it shooting. So at least one barrel saved from chopping block.

[Dean Romig]

Good Work Eldon!!!!

Education is key to appreciation of these fine old doubles.

[wayne goerres]

I will never understand why people don't just go and buy a cheap Stoger coach gun.

[Mills Morrison]

Who on earth would want to cut down a beautiful old double down to 20"???? Great if you are taking a wagon train through uncharted territory, but that was over 100 years ago

[Eldon Goddard]

Never understood it either but I always liked long barrels. He says his brother back east has a parker in the closet "but it is one of those damascus barrels so you can't shoot it". Trying to get him educated on damascus barrels too.

[Mills Morrison]

Lots of misinformed people out there for sure.

[Dean Freeman]

There can never be enough caution taken when bandits and highwaymen abound! Why just the other day we got word via telegram that injuns had attacked a couple of villages over the bluff. Sure is good to know that the boys out there have a good coach gun to keep em safe. :rotf:

I want to apologize ahead of time for my incredibly insensitive use of the term "injuns". My wife has made me promise to undergo sensitivity re-education, not to mention switching my NFL affiliation from Washington to Baltimore.

[Dean Romig]

No apology necessary. "injuns" connotes the vernacular of a period in our nation's history, a colloquialism really, that we have no responsibility for nor that we should apologize for.
If we use the word malevolently, then we should be censored.

[David Noble]

Too bad somebody wasn't around to save this one. 19" now.

Looks mean, but still.....

[Dean Romig]

There oughta be a law

[Mills Morrison]

:crying::crying::crying:

:cuss::cuss::cuss:

[Bill Murphy]

Heck, my favorite ten, a BH World's Fair gun, is right on 18". I like it just fine. David, tell us about your 19" gun.

[David Noble]

Bill, it's a grade 3 10ga #3 frame. I think it had 30" barrels originally. Serial # 33475 from 1883.
Found it at the Tulsa gun show. It was just hacked sawed off at about 19 1/4" and not finished out. Made an offer on it and got it. I redid the end and filled the gaps with solder.
Too bad it got cut but perhaps the barrels were damaged and someone decided to make it a coachgun. All matching numbers through out. I'm watching for replacement barrels if any one knows of some.

[Rick Losey]

and right now on the Clark's Classic bamboo rod board there is a post from a guy who found a 30" 16 Elsie in a LGS and wanted everyone's opinion on it as an upland gun.

one of the first bits of advice from someone (who would likely scream bloody murder if you altered a Leonard or Payne rod) was to cut it back to 27 or 28"

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[George Lander]

GOOD LORD! THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW!Too bad somebody wasn't around to save this one. 19" now.

Looks mean, but still.....

[charlie cleveland]

that ten with short barrels ought to be great on covey rises.ha somebody a lot of years ago never knew when taking that hacksaw to those barrels that in the future woula wished they had left them barrels alone... charlie

[paul stafford jr]

I think I'm gonna be sick