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I finished this one some time back:













It's based around a somewhat rare 12 gauge barrel sold by Connecticut Valley Arms, manufactured in 1987. One interesting feature is the ability to accept choke tubes - though they are a proprietary design and even more rare than the barrels. I managed to pick up a set of Full and Modified chokes in a stunningly handsome pleatherette case , and an Improved Cylinder separately. It will do shot, but it can also be a 69 caliber pumpkin-chucker - devastating at short range.

The barrel came to me somewhat beat up and missing mounting studs for the under-rib, so it's silver soldered on. I made pretty much all the hardware with the exception of the lock and buttplate. Everything that wasn't already solid nickel got plated, including the lock, and I poured a pewter nosecap. The stock is beech, which is a good, solid, straight-grained wood - figured woods would be put under too much stress in a big bore shotgun like this, and tend to fail right at the wrist or behind the lock plate.

That is a nice shotgun. I have been wanting to get one for myself

I see big piles of smoked turkey in your future, Kurt.

That would be so much fun to turkey hunt with. The silver metal would stand out but even blued metal shines. My dedicated turkey gun is bead blasted with a dull finish. The choke tubes are cool. Would be interesting to see how it patterns a load of #2s at 30 yards with the full choke.

I bet you have to be in shape to tote that around all day!

George

n80 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:55 pm I bet you have to be in shape to tote that around all day!

It's surprisingly light - the barrel might be 1" across, but 75% of the insides are missing!

LatakiaLover wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:26 pm I see big piles of smoked turkey in your future, Kurt.

It's interesting - when you only have one shot, how much more carefully you line it up. It takes like 5 minutes to load this thing (not really) so you don't want to waste it.

Love it!