Indians For Guns

Dear all,
Has anyone come across a DBBL shotgun with a 36 inches barrel? I'd seen SBBLs in 36' (My father's earlier weapon was one such). Also, can barrels be purchased or imported separately?
Thanks in advance
Ebenezer

Ebenezer

I know a friend of my uncle's who has a WW Greener Empire model 12g shotgun with either a 34 or a 36 inch barrel.Its a special duck gun.

I dont know if barrels are available here but I am sure you can import them provided you are a renowned shot and if you can convince the NRAI that you can shoot better with a 34 or a 36 inch barrel(which I know is very difficult).

But then again these kind of barrels would be custom made and would cost you a fortune.Moreover you need to send the fore-end and stock to the gun maker so that they can balance the gun properly.If you are a renowned shot, then it is a better option to order either 2 guns with separate barrel lengths or order a combo which you fit the same stock.

Cheers

Ashar

In case of a SxS, the whole gun is needed to fit a new set of barrels, and it's a matter of fitting the barrels to the action, not one of balance. Even with a modern, machine-made gun, fitting is required. Ballistically, a 36" barrel offers no advantage with modern smokeless shotshells. Cheers.

The single on my Beretta 682 is 34" and the O/U is 32". I've seen Perazzis with 34" O/U I think they even make a 35" single. I'm sure they can be made and I'm sure there are good ballistic reasons why they are not made anymore. I've seen the longer barrels on older guns only. I think some company (Hastings?) makes a looooong barrel for the Remington 870/1187 models that screws on to the choke threads.

Yes, trap shooters like the long barrels, for a number of reasons; and in hunting waterfowl (i.e. the type of shot you get) the long barrel gives you a better follow-through, so duck hunters also like longer barrels. Cheers.

THings have changed now. Trap shooters or Duck shooters restrict barrels to 30 inch. Field guns and skeet guns are usually 28 inch.

THe ballistic properties of a cartridge do not increase inside the barrel beyond 20 to 22 inches with modern powders.

In my family too we had a hammer cocking 36 inch barrel Jeffery, FUlly choked. THere was a greener full oke with 34 inch barrels.

My present duck gun is also 33 inch barrel full choked both barrels.

Thanks Shahid, Two Rivers and Sharief. I have noticed that guns with 36 inches barrel have the ability to put the maximum no. of shots on the target than the lesser ones at a given distance. I don't know about trap or skeet. But we've tried this on a paper target with my father's friend's 32 inches DBBL and my uncle's 36 inches SBBL at about 150 feet. I don't know about the technical aspects of these. But this is a practical experience of mine.
Cheers
Ebenezer

Depends more on the choke than barrel lenght. There is no reason why a well constructed gun will not place 70 % pellets in a 30 inch circle at 30 yards with 2/3 of the charge going above the sighting line.

Special cartriges like spreader from RWS wil ensure a denser strike pattern at 30 yards.

Barrel lenght beyond 28 inch or 30 inch has little to do with shot pattern.

One of the best Duck guns I have is a John Manton 27 inch barrel with 2 3/4 inch chambers.

High Birds can be swung better with longer barrels, but not in everycase. For an Indian body like mine with only 5 ft 8 inches of height this John Manton is more suitable than a 32 inch Greener being yeilded by a stronger well built shooter.

Keep in mind, though, that these long-barrelled shotguns would have been choked to give dense patterrns with larger shot at long range. They didn't just have a certain constriction of choke, they were "tuned" to provide the pattern wanted with the preferred shot size. Skeet, by the way, calls for a short-barreled lively gun with very open choke; and different stock fit from a trap, or field, gun. Cheers.

Here, I found info on the Metro Gun System, the name was escaping my mind and here is the website. Please google it for more info on other websites.

http://www.metrogun.com/

Hi Sharief,
Can the attachments found on the site be imported into India?
Ebenezer

my grandfather had a Belgium made double barrel with 36 inch barrel with both the barrel choked ,it was gifted to my father & i used it quite often ,after my fathers death i had to sell the gun to a friend in sangrur in punjab

ebenezer";p="46184 wrote: Hi Sharief,
Can the attachments found on the site be imported into India?
Ebenezer

Hi Ebenezer, I don't know about the import laws, I think they will be treated as extra barrels or maybe even just "LONG" choke tubes. I hope some other members will chime in with their knowledge.

Can any one tell me why is it great to have a shot gun of 36" . As far as i know total gun powder is burnt at 26" after that is all friction.

It used to be great to weild long barrel guns.

Now with new loads, multi choke systems and modern powders, 30 inch is the limit.

A very long barrel is extra weight, nothing else these days. For swinging and aligning on high birds be it ducks or pheasants a 30 inch barrel is quite sufficient.