Author Topic: Outhouse Gun... (Read 5211 times)

deputy tom · « **on:** March 23, 2013, 11:02:59 AM »

I'm not permitted to search but remember seeing a thread refering to outhouse guns (short bbl single shots) being called by another name. Can anyone help me out? tom.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:11:31 AM »

Search is disabled for everyone due to bot attacks slowing the forum, use the google search at the bottom of the main index page, keyword canoe, truck or boat gun.

Tim

YRUpunting? · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:13:32 AM »

Here you go!

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,276643.0.html

deputy tom · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:13:51 AM »

Thank you Tim. tom.

deputy tom · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:15:07 AM »

Thank you YRUpunting. tom.

deputy tom · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:22:46 AM »

While I checked both of those sites I still don't have the term used describing those guns. I'm sure it is propriotory to this forum. Short barreled single shot shotgun. Might have had side saddle,sling, maybe not.?? tom.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:26:58 AM »

Shorty is one other term used here as YRU pointed to, but they aren't referred to as a shorty gun like canoe guns, boat guns or truck guns are, just shortys.

Tim

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=canoe+gun&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS492US492&q=canoe+gun+gbo&gs_l=hp..5.0l5j41.0.0.0.4041...........0.U4ZhN9w4ND0#hl=en&newwindow=1&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS492US492&q=+site:gboreloaded.com+canoe+gun+gbo&sa=X&ei=2B1OUcWcAuaxiwL8xYGACw&ved=0CD8QrQIwAA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44158598,d.cGE&fp=5a0479635cfef148&biw=1407&bih=629

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS492US492&q=truck+gun+gbo#hl=en&newwindow=1&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS492US492&q=+site:gboreloaded.com+truck+gun+gbo&sa=X&ei=Bx5OUbKRCu7jigK8g4HgDQ&ved=0CD8QrQIwAA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44158598,d.cGE&fp=5a0479635cfef148&biw=1407&bih=629

deputy tom · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:33:44 AM »

Not shorty, canoe or truck guns. It was something very different. Sorry to be so tedious. tom.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:40:54 AM »

Go back through the other 135 pages and you'll see it sooner or later in the topic line if it's very common.

Tim

geezerbiker · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2013, 12:03:07 PM »

Not having an outhouse I don't know but is the gun to be carried to and from or left in the outhouse?

Tony

Ranger99 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2013, 12:45:02 PM »

truck gun, barn gun. mushroom gun,
now outhouse gun, woodsrunning gun,
bedroom gun, nightwatch gun, i call
mine tractor gun sometimes for obvious
reasons, shed gun, pack gun, camp gun

i feel the crs creeping up. . . . .
bunches more to list

quickdtoo · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2013, 12:50:12 PM »

"Tractor gun", that's what Gendoc calls his 45-410s!!

Dunno if he's gonna take to callin his tractor gun an outhouse gun tho!!

Tim

Ranger99 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2013, 01:03:57 PM »

well. . . . .if you think on it, it
does kinda fit.
outhouse gun
tractor gun
i'll carry mine up with me sometimes
and stop and draw down on something
and knock the . . . . . .uh . . . . . .
stuffing out of it

45-70.gov · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2013, 03:34:26 PM »

got to be a shot gun

hard to aim a rifle when you gotta go real bad

Ol BW · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2013, 03:32:14 AM »

Makes me think of the western movies where they nab the guy while he is taking care of business. Might need something besides a corn cob to throw at them, not to mention varmints that might be taking up residence there.

Maybe it was another name for an outhouse. Several of the old timers used to call 'em privys. Maybe it was a privy gun??

FPH · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2013, 03:41:16 AM »

Friend who went hunting in Polar bear country said they had a 12 ga. that was mandatory to take when you went to the latrine......apparently, Polar bears are smart enough to lay in wait to ambush you as you go to the latrine.

deputy tom · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2013, 04:00:16 AM »

Quote from: Ranger99 on March 23, 2013, 12:45:02 PM

truck gun, barn gun. mushroom gun,
now outhouse gun, woodsrunning gun,
bedroom gun, nightwatch gun, i call
mine tractor gun sometimes for obvious
reasons, shed gun, pack gun, camp gun

i feel the crs creeping up. .
bunches more to list

Mushroom gun was the term I was searching for. Thank you. tom.

YRUpunting? · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2013, 04:44:08 AM »

Mushroom gun? I hunt mushrooms every spring and I never thought about shooting them. Doesn't sound very sporting.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2013, 04:52:31 AM »

Never heard of a mushroom gun, google doesn't show much either, one reference on Numrich and an article on the Tamer. Kinda funny that the author refers to mushroom guns as a Northwestern American idea, I've lived in the PNW for 65yrs, never heard of such a thing and can't see any mushroom picker needing one, there are no ground snakes anywhere I've picked em, just the 2-legged type!

Tim

http://www.milesfortis.com/church/akc69.htm

a4beltfed2000 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2013, 05:00:31 AM »

first believe it or not here in wisconsin there is a mushroom/fugus that grows in the upper portion of elms and oaks and some people do shoot them out with .22's, not even kidding

BTW could be a blanket gun or whippet...

45-70.gov · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2013, 05:58:03 AM »

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deputy tom · « **Reply #21 on:** March 24, 2013, 07:57:19 AM »

Quote from: geezerbiker on March 23, 2013, 12:03:07 PM

Not having an outhouse I don't know but is the gun to be carried to and from or left in the outhouse?

Tony

The thread I saw suggested carrying the gun to and from the outhouse for bear protection. tom.

Ranger99 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 24, 2013, 09:03:10 AM »

one of my relatives shot a deer
from an outhouse - no joke

maybe the reason for the name
short,easy to maneuver in a
confined space wif yer britches
'roun yer ankles

Empty Quiver · « **Reply #23 on:** March 24, 2013, 09:09:10 AM »

Quote from: Ranger99 on March 24, 2013, 09:03:10 AM

one of my relatives shot a deer
from an outhouse - no joke

maybe the reason for the name
short,easy to maneuver in a
confined space wif yer britches
'roun yer ankles

And of a suitable quality that were it to be "soiled" it would break no ones heart.

I'll quit the dance here and name it "$hithouse gun" describes both location, condition and respect afforded to said weapon

Ranger99 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 24, 2013, 12:16:10 PM »

so. . . . .now. . .why the interest in that
particular name and why is that called
"mushroom gun" ?
i've heard it before, but not around here.

cain't leave everyone hanging.

Ol BW · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2013, 06:14:05 AM »

The late Lewis Grizzard said he didn't like to eat mushrooms. He said they were really toadstools and that frogs and toads went to the bathroom under them when it was raining; except for the big frogs who just went on top of them!!

deputy tom · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2013, 01:15:26 PM »

Quote from: Ranger99 on March 24, 2013, 12:16:10 PM

so. . . . .now. . .why the interest in that
particular name and why is that called
"mushroom gun" ?
i've heard it before, but not around here.

cain't leave everyone hanging.

The reason I found this site was on another forum they were saying that mushroom guns were on this site and refered to as bear guns or some such term. That is the reason for my inquiry. tom.

Ranger99 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 28, 2013, 01:18:32 PM »

but why mushroom gun?

i've heard that used, but nobody
has ever been able to tell me
where that moniker originates. $:-\$

Ranger99 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 28, 2013, 01:22:36 PM »

around here, it's usually
truck gun or barn gun,
because that's where they'll
spend most of their time.
mine gets tractor gun because
it rides with me. when it
doesn't, it turns into a barn gun.

coss · « **Reply #29 on:** March 28, 2013, 04:18:04 PM »

Commode carbine.