WC Scott hammer guns ?

[charlie cleveland]

if i ever had a set of 40 inch barrels on a 12 ga it would have been with me till death to us part.....charlie

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

if i ever had a set of 40 inch barrels on a 12 ga it would have been with me till death to us part.....charlie

You could probably have some 40" barrels sleeved onto a 12 gauge .
The rib would probably cost more than the barrels . There is or was a barrel maker who made 12 ga barrels up to either 40 or 45" . Barrels are actually cheap compared to the cost of having them fitted to a sxs .

I think a long barreled 16 and or 28 ga double would be really neat .

Ive been trying to find a gun slip or canvas/leather case for my 39" barrels and no luck yet . I did find a 40" leather case for a bolt action im thinking that could be re-purposed for my 8 gauge .

Ive found some reproduction trade labels for W.&C. Scott so if i do end up with one I will have a nice case for it .

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

if i ever had a set of 40 inch barrels on a 12 ga it would have been with me till death to us part.....charlie

LoL. Tell you this much: I have some idea what it’s like for a porn star to show up at the set. Every time I showed up at the first station and all
The other shooters couldn’t keep their eyes off my barrels.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

LoL. Tell you this much: I have some idea what it’s like for a porn star to show up at the set. Every time I showed up at the first station and all
The other shooters couldn’t keep their eyes off my barrels.

I wish someone would take such a gun quail hunting
Would be a challenge swinging barrels like that in the bush .

was it real front heavy ?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

I wish someone would take such a gun quail hunting.
Would be a challenge swinging barrels like that in the bush .

It would be more of a challenge to get permission to use such a weapon at all on many quail lodges or plantations. Most would not allow it.





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[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It would be more of a challenge to get permission to use such a weapon at all on many quail lodges or plantations. Most would not allow it.





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I think your are mostly right , I think it would really depend though .
We would pretty much meet any request of our guests . We even hunted quail during a storm once because they wanted to stay out in the field a bit longer lol.
One of the plantations someone mentioned in another thread , their website said they would allow any gauge . I doubt they imagined someone showing up with a 40" 12 ga or a 8 gauge for quail . I wonder if anyone here has used the short 10 ga for quail ? The standard load most of our guests used was the cheap rios in 20 ga and #7.5 shot I think it was . However one time we had some boxes of #9s get mixed into the case and they resulted in a higher kill ratio . So they were arguing with each other who was going to get to use the rest of the #9 loads .

The quail hunting landscape here has greatly changed since last year because of the hurricane we lost a great deal of pine trees . So now the quail hunting areas are alot more wide and open .





Has anyone had a set of W.&C. Scott damascus barrels refinished ?
I would think they would come out looking pretty nice like the American barrels .

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It would be more of a challenge to get permission to use such a weapon at all on many quail lodges or plantations. Most would not allow it.
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I think if i booked a hunt and rolled in one of those joints with a short barrel 10 and my 1 1/8 ounce handloads they can suck the hind tit or give me a FULL refund .

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

I think if i booked a hunt and rolled in one of those joints with a short barrel 10 and my 1 1/8 ounce handloads they can suck the hind tit or give me a FULL refund .

Thats one way to put it lol but pretty much this , If thats what the client wanted than we would oblige them . Maybe if they used longer guns they would have better muzzle awareness . Ive seen one guest accidentally shoot someones house who bordered the plantation . Then again we did have 3,800 acres I have no idea why the game guide wanted to hunt on the perimeter of the land .

Are your handloads similair to the RST 1 1/8 oz ?
Thats all I ever shot in my short 10s . A very low kicking load and if I get another 10 ga will order some more in different shot sizes this time .

Some of these quail hunts especially in my area I think are around 2,000$+ a day with a 8 person party required .

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

Are your handloads similair to the RST 1 1/8 oz ?
Thats all I ever shot in my short 10s . A very low kicking load and if I get another 10 ga will order some more in different shot sizes this time .

I'd say mine just might be lighter then RST . 18.6 grains of Red Dot pushing 1 1/8 ounces and a handful of spacers does not make a barn burner thumper load .