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Offline coyotejoe

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My favorite H&R
« on: December 01, 2008, 01:58:47 PM »
This is a 30" barreled 12 gauge which I dummied up as a faux muzzleloader. I used this as a stage prop while doing my mountainman poetry routine and fired black powder blanks in parades. It also does pretty well on the trap field.
It also has a 20 gauge barrel, one of the old light weight versions, with similar full length fore stock with which I've hunted quite a bit.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 02:08:25 PM »
Where did you get the wood for that??
I would love to do up my 45-70 like that.



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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 02:08:56 PM »
Looks Great!  a++

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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 03:04:12 PM »
That is one unique looking shotgun.  I cut my 28" Pardner to a straight stock then refinished the forearm and the stock which gave it a long primitive look but nothing like yours.  Good work.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2008, 06:50:47 AM »
The forend was simply routed out of a scrap of "miscellaneous hardwood" and the ramrod is, of course, purely cosmetic and not removable.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2008, 07:48:51 AM »
WOW, looks great!  Nice work coyotejoe!  I hope that when you're not shooting it that it's out on display somewhere.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2008, 12:39:44 PM »
 That is awsome!  :o
Did you make the trigger guard as well, or did you fit one from somthing else?

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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2008, 12:50:10 PM »
That is a great looking gun. how dit you fit the rear sight.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2008, 05:20:27 AM »
 The triggerguard came from a supplier of muzzleloading gun parts. The rear sight is from a pistol but I don't recall which one, I built this up maybe 15 years ago. It is attached with one screw and some JB Weld. I opened the notch to a wide "U" which doesn't interfere with swinging on birds but still provides a good reference for slug shooting. However, I've found the recoil of 12 gauge factory slugs to be pretty brutal and much prefer the 20 gauge barrel for slug shooting. ;D I have made up some 12 gauge handloads with a .648" roundball loaded inside a 12 gauge plastic shotcup with velocity down around 1100 fps and those are much more pleasant to fire and still carry plenty of punch and accuracy for 50 yard shots.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2008, 10:03:06 PM »
Very nice! ;D Now I need to find a beater and get to work.
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Re: My favorite H&R
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2008, 04:08:53 AM »
Aren't all H&Rs "beaters", I thought that's what they were made for. ;D
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