8' long barrel shotgun video - turn up the volume.

Mark W

Mark W

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwCQn0OiogvseFJ1c1J2RUxTc2M/view?ts=566d79dd

I know it may be hard to believe but the gun truly is this quiet. I wasn't on this hunt unfortunately as I missed Galina's excellent cooking but the spot I know well as it is a nice late goose spot. You can read about it here.

http://www.startribune.com/hunt-for-christmas-goose-is-a-walk-in-park/361686401/

Mark W
 
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Yep video works. Is this a metro barrel? Been thinking about ordering one. I live in a spot that I can technically shoot birds but am close enough to other houses that I passed this year....been looking at LP's site and thinking about ordering one. Any thoughts or feedback?

Thanks.
joe
 
Hello Mark,

Hastings makes the metro barrel extension. I was looking at these. The one I was looking at is a 32" extension.

I imagine there would be a learning curve using this extension. Also, the is a warning to check the extension after firing.

http://www.hastingsdistribution.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=32
 
Follow Up,

On a positive note, someone with a 24" barrel shotgun could extend their barrel to 56" and for less than buying a new barrel & have a quiet firearm too boot.

I think it would take some practice on the clay targets to get used to this extension. I don't know how folks at the clay range would feel about one using this. One might want to check first before plunking down the money.

I have looked at this product as it might be useful in my location.
 
The guy shooting is Wendell Diller, the inventor of this concept and the barrel is his, not Metro's version of it. Here is how it all started according to Wendell.

He and LP Brezny used to hunt crows in an area that at the time was very rural. As time went by, it became less so. The more folks that moved in, the more complaining about the noise from a normal shotgun. Wendell got tired of the law showing up and while the law always said they were legal, Wendell tired of the interruptions. Thus the invention of the 8' gun. Some people ask why 8'. It was the largest gun Wendell could fit into his Volare wagon without having to take the gun a part. Wonder if he has a case for it as I have only seen it in the slough uncased and since he only paddles a canoe, I believe this to be legal in WI and MN.

Wendell works at Magnepan (electrostatic speakers - Magnaplanar) and understands sound. From what he has told me, he tried different barrel lengths and put porting holes at different spacing on the top of the barrel. What he was shooting that day in the video is the result of his testing. I also believe he loads his own shells and loads them to be subsonic (not sure about this). So the combination of the shells and the barrel is what you can hear, or not hear, in the video.

I shot the gun on a recent hunt and it is as quiet as the video shows. There is definitely a learning curve to shoot this thing as swinging a barrel this long is a challenge. Or it was a challenge to me. I believe Metro claims that the kick is diminished. I don't know if I agree with that statement.

According to the story told, Mr. Brezny took Wendell's concept long gun barrel and patented the idea. Basically stole it from him. Then he moved back to South Dakota and started his Metrogun company. I also heard that there is a basic flaw in Brezny's patent that if argued in front of a court, would be invalidated. This I learned from reading up on the subject, not hearsay from any individual.

Cool concept and quite the sight in the field for sure. And the person behind is as interesting as the story itself. The smoke rising in the foreground is Wendell's wife, Galina, cooking the morning's breakfast. I don't recall how many years ago it was but she came from Siberia to marry Wendell. Very smart lady, organic chemist I believe, who I found out works here. Small world.

Anyway, was a fun few days shooting with them and making some high speed vidoes of some of Wendell's new stuff.

Mark W
 
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I see from Wendall's website they aren't available from him...any idea when he will have them available instead of ordering from Metro?
 
And I ask as my house is in our "metro" Canada goose zone and we are open until February. Would love to set some decoys out on the sandbar and see what happens.
 
Metro owns the patent so I do not think Wendell will be having anything for sale in the market that would meet your timeframe. This is my opinion, nothing I know factually.

Mark W
 
I have the metro bbl extension, it is very light, basically a looong choke tube, as long as you have room to swing it, it's not that noticeable, and you don't see it.
You must use sub sonic ammo, and you can't buy it over the counter, heavier shot helps make up for the reduced velocity. I wanted it primarily for slug deer hunting in "tight" places. I was lucky to find sub sonic 1 1/4 oz slugs, by Hastings I believe, also I don't think they are produced anymore. The range is also reduced to under 40 yds. (recommended)The sound is reduced, but it's not "quiet", but that's all relative compared to "normal"
I never used it for anything else, don't reload and ammo is non existent, but I would think BB or #2 hevishot at 900- 1,000 fps would work well for ducks and geese under 40 yds.
The concept works to a point, but it's a niche product.
 
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