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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 Jimmy is it true that guys that see beauty in Beaver tail forearms also prefer wOmen over 300 lbs.? I think these two are priceless IMO........
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Not by the hairs on my Chin-Chin either. Your Gough Thomas praised the great American perfect repeater- our Winchester M12-and to follow his path- I prefer my Model 12's pre-WW2 vintage, with the field 18 ring "corncob' forearm- later field M12's in the 1950's went to a form of modified beavertail, but with the rings- and of course, the Trap and Skeet M12's made after 1935 almost always had bigger forearms as std. issue-
I have only owned and shot one American side-by-side with an after market beavertail style forearm- a re-done-over 12 AH Fox HE--and I reshaped it to a modified splinter. For my size and build, I do not have large hands, and I agree with the others whom have previously posted herein- the closer I can get my left (barrel or leading hand- my right does the trigger work)to the barrel (M12) or barrels- (side-by-side) the more control I feel I have over the shotgun, and the better I shoot it--
The "status" of a fine British SLE with a straight hand grip and a splinter forearm cannot be denied I suppose- but also- "form follows function" and there would not have been so many of them made in that configuration if their owners could not use them efficiently afield--
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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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 Jimmy is it true that guys that see beauty in Beaver tail forearms also prefer wOmen over 300 lbs.? I think these two are priceless IMO........ I'll sell you the copyrights to my lines for $1.95 and a cold beer. While that may sound expensive it is only 100 times more than a beavertail forearm is worth.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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u boys gittin really weird on dis won....
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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This whole thread should be bronzed. My Remington 10 bore has a splinter fore end and I don't squat to pee. On the flip side my Sauriugarte has a semi-beavertail and I don't feel like peeing on a tire either.
Practice safe eating. Always use a condiment.
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You guys keep laughing in the mean time Jimmy's riding off into the sun set in his shiny red Corvette.... http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...9596#Post249596What puzzles me is how he gets that 300 lb beaver tail in the passenger seat.
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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 Jimmy is it true that guys that see beauty in Beaver tail forearms also prefer wOmen over 300 lbs.? I think these two are priceless IMO........ I'll sell you the copyrights to my lines for $1.95 and a cold beer. While that may sound expensive it is only 100 times more than a beavertail forearm is worth. Brent, those are excellent suggestions for use of a beavertail forearm. I think you may have inadvertently left one out though - they make excellent door stops
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My doors are too close to the door to let a beavertail fit underthem. But I have found they are usually quite dry and make good kindling. My dog Gus would love to retrieve them too if I toss them in the river. So, they do have lots of sustainable uses if one thinks about it.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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I agree on bronzing this thread - hilarious. And I stand to pee, too, even though my sxs all have splinter forends.
But, more to the point, I will say that shooting trap with a splinter forend sxs is made much more pleasant when you're shooting in a Maine winter league and you can warm your hands on the barrels.
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