Arm Gun question?

[Turtle]

 A new thread because I am really curious. Are sharply curved rifles meant to be shot from the biceps?
                           IHS,Turtle

[coutios]

  I shoulder them cross bodied and just above the actual (large portion) of the bicep...

Dave

[PPatch]

Yes, kinda, if you are talking mountain style, you place the butt plate at the junction of the arm and shoulder. Not on the muscle of the shoulder nor on the upper arm, but between and a bit more toward the arm side. You'll get used to it and it quickly comes to feel "right" once you do. Put it up there and do what comes naturally.

dp

[smart dog]

Hi Turtle,
Are you referring to longrifles with a lot of drop, which can be shot from the shoulder, often just above the bicep, or are you thinking of early petronels?  The petronels have radical drop (shaped almost like a fish hook) and were meant to be fired from the chest.

dave  

[KLMoors]

Or do you mean a sharply curved butt plate?

[WadePatton]

Or do you mean a sharply curved butt plate?

This is my guess.  Yeah, as stated above--just "off" the shoulder.  Not hard to make the adjustment.


...hurts if you don't. 

[Mark Elliott]

I make my butt pieces to fit around the upper arm just below the actual shoulder joint.    If you have made the butt piece and installed it correctly,   the butt should lock in to your arm so that the butt cannot move up or down.  My last E TN was the best fitting rifle I have ever made.   

[Turtle]

 Yes, sorry, sharply curved buttplate. I shoot my Remington perchbelly  halfstock 1816 replica that way and I like it. So, some southern rifles are made for this style of shooting also? Any others? I am interested in building a longrifle to shoot this way.
Thanks so much for the help.
                                 IHS,Turtle

[kaintuck]

Yup....look at the old savage 99's.......year and style, diferrent way of holding them....

Marc n tomtom

[Dphariss]

Yes, sorry, sharply curved buttplate. I shoot my Remington perchbelly  halfstock 1816 replica that way and I like it. So, some southern rifles are made for this style of shooting also? Any others? I am interested in building a longrifle to shoot this way.
Thanks so much for the help.
                                 IHS,Turtle

Anything with a crescent of much depth is meant to be shot this way, this means most late Kentuckys. its impossible to shoot the typical 19th c. rifle from the shoulder "pocket" as one can an early Kentucky and shotgun buttock designs.

Dan

[WadePatton]

Yes, sorry, sharply curved buttplate. I shoot my Remington perchbelly  halfstock 1816 replica that way and I like it. So, some southern rifles are made for this style of shooting also? Any others? I am interested in building a longrifle to shoot this way.
Thanks so much for the help.
                                 IHS,Turtle

I cannot speak for other styles but the crescent butt/plate is a defining characteristic of most Tennessee-styled guns.