A menagerie of long legged girls . . . .

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Stan, my friend, the Repro has 32" barrels? The Honker has 34" barrels?

My bad, Bill. The Sarasqueta, of course, has a 36" barrel. Typo will be corrected. Thanks!

I don't have a Repo. Which one were you referring to, the DHE? It was completed in 1928/29.

A little more info. The Wingmaster barrel was backbored by a former cardshooter for extremely tight patterns. It is now .062" constriction (XXXXF ? ). I've shot a few sporting clays with it and found it handles surprisingly well. I do not expect it to pattern well with larger (5s, 4s, etc.) shot for waterfowl, but will get around to testing it eventually.

[Bill Murphy]

Stan, I don't know how I got a Repro in my head. Great guns.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

A little more info. The Wingmaster barrel was backbored by a former cardshooter for extremely tight patterns. It is now .062" constriction (XXXXF ? ). I've shot a few sporting clays with it and found it handles surprisingly well. I do not expect it to pattern well with larger (5s, 4s, etc.) shot for waterfowl, but will get around to testing it eventually.

Stan, Askins wrote about diminishing returns with chokes being too tight with larger shot resulting in blown patterns.

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Stan, Askins wrote about diminishing returns with chokes being too tight with larger shot resulting in blown patterns.

Let’s remember, Askins was writing about paper shells with fiber wads and bare shot. A far cry from modern shells with the shot cushioned on setback and protected from scrubbing during the bore run, both by polymer shotcups.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Frank Srebro

Let’s remember, Askins was writing about paper shells with fiber wads and bare shot. A far cry from modern shells with the shot cushioned on setback and protected from scrubbing during the bore run, both by polymer shotcups.

He also hated the "slow" and "light" shells we routinely shoot. You know, 12g, 7/8 oz at 1170.