I love the look of that A&B but from a user's standpoint I would rather see it with a grip that was more like the SAA. The upper spur would make it hard to reach the safety for starters. And secondly the "plowshare" shape of the old Colt SA guns would allow the hand to slip a little and absorb the recoil more easily.
For those that would like a short barreled double it's not that hard to do on your own. Take something like the Suhl/Thalman double from Tradex. Shorten the stock to remove the shoulder stock portion and leave the flintlock like pistol grip. Shape the wood to blend, stain and oil. Then measure from the end of the pistol grip to 26+inches forward and cut and finish the barrels so you end up with something comfortably longer than 26 inches or with the barrels comfortably longer than 18 inches. Whichever is needed.
Measuring my coach gun suggests that this will result in the barrels being trimmed to about 19.5 inches to keep the overall length at around 26.5 inches.
Even nicer would be a new "stock" which has a proper pistol grip shape. It's certainly possible but would require more wood working skills to fit the stock to the action.
With common trap loads or reduced recoil buck such a gun could be easily shot from the hip and be a total hoot to shoot.
For those that would like a short barreled double it's not that hard to do on your own. Take something like the Suhl/Thalman double from Tradex. Shorten the stock to remove the shoulder stock portion and leave the flintlock like pistol grip. Shape the wood to blend, stain and oil. Then measure from the end of the pistol grip to 26+inches forward and cut and finish the barrels so you end up with something comfortably longer than 26 inches or with the barrels comfortably longer than 18 inches. Whichever is needed.
Measuring my coach gun suggests that this will result in the barrels being trimmed to about 19.5 inches to keep the overall length at around 26.5 inches.
Even nicer would be a new "stock" which has a proper pistol grip shape. It's certainly possible but would require more wood working skills to fit the stock to the action.
With common trap loads or reduced recoil buck such a gun could be easily shot from the hip and be a total hoot to shoot.
