7th Annual Upper Canada Double Gun Classic
- Thread starter canvasback
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There is no end to the old cliches, “ 16 gauge, kicks like a 12 and hits like a 20”.
Bwahahahaha!
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
I’ll take that quasi challenge!
I'll donate a prize for this first challenge category: the show's lightest 12 gauge double with minimum 25" barrels.
Winner gets a hand-made shoe protector. The pic is one I made for a buddy who wanted it thicker and with 1/4" bigger radius than the commercial ones, plus a post to keep barrel from sliding.
I'll donate a prize for this first challenge category: the show's lightest 12 gauge double with minimum 25" barrels.
Winner gets a hand-made shoe protector. The pic is one I made for a buddy who wanted it thicker and with 1/4" bigger radius than the commercial ones, plus a post to keep barrel from sliding.
Thanks , I wanted to get that anyway
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Haha. And the smack talk begins! Now what do we get Brybenn for best skeet score?
You did have to use the word "double"! I was going to slide my 12 gauge, 5 pound J & W Tolley in for the win! Hahaha.
1963beretta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
I think I may have you beat. Im pretty sure one of my 12g sxs’s is a hair over 6lbs.
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Ah, I was wording it to give your Purdey a chance. Maybe someone will show with a Skimin & Wood for the win.
Well, I know of one attendee who has at least two 12s under 6 pounds. I lust after them! So we will have to see what shows up. The Purdey will be there and it’s certainly in the running but I don’t think it’s quite enough to win.
I have a friend in Georgia who has a small collection of those Skimin & Wood 2" guns, regardless of whose name is on them. Cool guns.
Did someone say Purdey? As an advance taste of this year's table, here is a James Purdey first-model thumb-hole action (1863 patent), the first gun to have the Purdey sliding under-bolt locking mechanism (I'm guessing 97% of all the vintage double guns that will be on display by everyone this year are built on this under-bolt design -- and this is the one that started it all).
To see the thumb-hole action in action, see the YouTube video 9.3mauser posted in the "cased pairs" thread.
To see the thumb-hole action in action, see the YouTube video 9.3mauser posted in the "cased pairs" thread.
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Did someone say Purdey? As an advance taste of this year's table, here is a James Purdey first-model thumb-hole action (1863 patent), the first gun to have the Purdey sliding under-bolt locking mechanism (I'm guessing 97% of all the vintage double guns that will be on display by everyone this year are built on this under-bolt design -- and this is the one that started it all).
To see the thumb-hole action in action, see the YouTube video 9.3mauser posted in the "cased pairs" thread.
Everyone will be in awe of your table, Stephen. I can't wait to see the selection of your collection you share with us this year. Personally, considerably less than 97% of my cabinet is comprised of double bite lockups but that is just me. Big admirer of the thumb hole but have never owned one.
I own a saw. I think I could lose 3ozs lol
Ahh so many responses that would get an infraction on that one lol
I've been really looking at a 9.3x74r/20ga but I need to sell some guns first
Cut the barrels, remove the internals, hollow out the stock, etc.
The path to some nice swag from Londonshooter Leather Works.
Cut the barrels, remove the internals, hollow out the stock, etc.
The path to some nice swag from Londonshooter Leather Works.
Don't be silly , just put a bird head grip on it and saw off the extra inches from the barrel.
1963beretta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
Bahahahaha. That made me laugh.
Come to think about it, I can easily drop a few oz as well….but all I have to do is take out the choke tubes
There's been a cutdown sxs at the classic before
