Thread: New Pumper (possible project gun)

Originally Posted by Syme

but I've never seen anyone on a gun forum display such a partisan attitude towards shotgun grip styles before.

I still make fun of standard arms that were not originally designed with pistol grip and have them added on. I also love to rail on the thumb-hole stocks aka Planet of the Apes Guns. I just think they look goofy.

I would prefer a straight upland style stock on a shotgun, especially for wing shooting. I tend to cant a gun with a pistol grip when mounting. It appears the larger the pistol grip the more extreme the twist, the round knobs on the Brownings don't seem to affect me as much.

Originally Posted by Newhouse

And I agree, I think in anything but a tactical situation a pistol grip on a shotgun would be cumbersome.

Whats the difference between switching from one bad guy to the other rapidly, and switching from duck to duck rapidly?

I guess Im just a pistol grip kinda guy. Much more natural angle IMO.

Originally Posted by Anonymous D

Whats the difference between switching from one bad guy to the other rapidly, and switching from duck to duck rapidly?

I guess Im just a pistol grip kinda guy. Much more natural angle IMO.

I agree on rifles a thumb-hole or pistol grip style on a rifle gives for a more natural trigger pull and is probably a little more comfortable. I think a shotgun though, points easier and faster with a normal style grip. I don't know, personal preference I guess.

Originally Posted by Syme

Faster cooling isn't the only purpose of fluted barrels; fluting also improves barrel rigidity. Honestly that is probably the main reason you see it in hunting rifles, not the cooling advantage.

I know, the same reason Remington is now putting out triangle shaped barrels, supposedly more rigid, better cooling, and great for marketing.

But in reality a fluted barrel is less rigid vs. a barrel of the same diameter w/o flutes. so buying a 1" bull barrel and fluting it is pretty much a waste of money. However a barrel with flutes vs. a barrel of the same weight without flutes is more rigid, so a fluted 1" barrel may be as rigid as a .750" non-fluted barrel (I don't know the actual proportion, merely making a point). Which means you still really aren't gaining anything, you might as well go with the 1" bull and get it more rigid still. But they do look cool.

I stand by my original point that guns are built to bag more hunters than game.