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With most of my shooting experience being with tactical firearms, I have always appreciated a nice forearm which lets me get a strong and firm grip with my foreward hand.
Now that I am venturing into the world of doubles, I find that most of the nice vintage doubles have these itsy bitsy forearms which are the opposite of what feels comfortable to me.
Could someone please explain the rationale behind splinters?
Thank you
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You point the gun, not aim it. No need to grip it hard. I use my index finger to point at what I am shooting along the barrel line. When shooting it rests in my hand with a very light grip. The gun needs to flow through the swing and gripping hard will counter against this.
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If you want to carry a fat, heavy, ugly forearm on your shotgun, then there are full beavertails for you. But I'd rather have a sleek, light,attractive gun that points well. After all, I'm not planning on clubbing anyone to death with it.
Brent
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Think ..rest....not ..grip.
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Grip the barrels, not the forearm. This theoretically gets the hand in a better plane with the barrels for the shot. Winchester 21s have beavertails and most other doubles can be purchased that way as an option. I prefer a beavertail on my 28 ga guns since the barrels are a lot smaller and so there's less to grip, as well as fingers can overlap getting in the way of seeing. I'd shoot both splinter and beavertail before I made a decision.
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Is it thought that shooting through the forward hand instead of over it makes pointing more intuitive?
What do people do to protect the barrel from salty palms?
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Break free or any other oil. A quick wipe when you are done for the day. (pun not intended)
Last edited by Tim Wolf; 07/22/09 09:44 AM.
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Tactical,eh? My wife gave me a tactical/camo shirt for Christmas. I hung it in the closet and still can't find it.
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