Hi everyone,
After too many engineering conversations and forum trawling I'm getting close to a final design for my Bluewater gun and if you guys could help me get across the line of uncertainty then I can get on with it and post the build
So here it is, I've already got the teak and it will be an 11/32 shaft with 4-5 rubbers, enclosed track, inline muzzle, 60"+ stock, mid handled.
What i havent't decided is:
How much shaft overhang would you run? Reading terry Maas book suggests 18" but that seems like a lot and a lot guns run a lot less and I can't figure out why.
How much should the unrigged gun weigh and if you are just weighing a commercial gun is it 65" shaft or 72"? (770 grams vs 854g + the tip) As I don't know the overhang I haven't chosen the shaft.
And finally, for those of you with inline muzzles, what is the gun barrel visibility like? For example if you have something like a sea sniper do the flat top surface sit the too high? I can easily round it off to accomodate the rubbers and lower the ferrules. This seems to be the a thing a few people mention for some along with vibrating rubbers whilst tracking when reasoning against an inline muzzle.
I would love to here your thoughts.
Cheers.
After too many engineering conversations and forum trawling I'm getting close to a final design for my Bluewater gun and if you guys could help me get across the line of uncertainty then I can get on with it and post the build
So here it is, I've already got the teak and it will be an 11/32 shaft with 4-5 rubbers, enclosed track, inline muzzle, 60"+ stock, mid handled.
What i havent't decided is:
How much shaft overhang would you run? Reading terry Maas book suggests 18" but that seems like a lot and a lot guns run a lot less and I can't figure out why.
How much should the unrigged gun weigh and if you are just weighing a commercial gun is it 65" shaft or 72"? (770 grams vs 854g + the tip) As I don't know the overhang I haven't chosen the shaft.
And finally, for those of you with inline muzzles, what is the gun barrel visibility like? For example if you have something like a sea sniper do the flat top surface sit the too high? I can easily round it off to accomodate the rubbers and lower the ferrules. This seems to be the a thing a few people mention for some along with vibrating rubbers whilst tracking when reasoning against an inline muzzle.
I would love to here your thoughts.
Cheers.