JRD
03-10-2008, 10:16 PM
I'm wanting to make one of these for a Browning A-5. There are commercial units out there for Remingtons and other modern guns, but I've found none for the old Browning.
In case you are wondering, no it's not for hunting. My cowboy action shooting club hosts an annual Wild Bunch match where they allow any pre-WWI guns instead of pre-1898 guns. For a shotgun the past couple of years, I've shot my pre-war Belgian A-5. Despite being raised by my father to hate "hump backs", I've taken a liking to the gun and it handles very nicely. I can run through the shotgun targets in the match (swinging steel plates, so pretty easy) fairly quickly.
However, the gun only holds four shells in the mag tube. In some stages, you are required to shoot more than four shots, so I have to reload, or run it dry and then single load the remaining shots.
I want to make my own extension tube so I can make it though the high round count stages without reloading. I was thinking of starting with a spare mag cap and then modifying it to have the extension tube stick through it. I realize the tube will have to be sticking out unsupported and can't be clamped to the barrel.
Have any of you guys tried something like this before?
Jason
In case you are wondering, no it's not for hunting. My cowboy action shooting club hosts an annual Wild Bunch match where they allow any pre-WWI guns instead of pre-1898 guns. For a shotgun the past couple of years, I've shot my pre-war Belgian A-5. Despite being raised by my father to hate "hump backs", I've taken a liking to the gun and it handles very nicely. I can run through the shotgun targets in the match (swinging steel plates, so pretty easy) fairly quickly.
However, the gun only holds four shells in the mag tube. In some stages, you are required to shoot more than four shots, so I have to reload, or run it dry and then single load the remaining shots.
I want to make my own extension tube so I can make it though the high round count stages without reloading. I was thinking of starting with a spare mag cap and then modifying it to have the extension tube stick through it. I realize the tube will have to be sticking out unsupported and can't be clamped to the barrel.
Have any of you guys tried something like this before?
Jason