I want to have a hunter in one of my stories carrying a double-barrel shotgun. I have seen hunters carry these and they are usually open and in the crook of their arm when they are idling.
Is there a specific term for this method of carrying a shotgun?
Thanks in advance!
-redux
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
"Action open" perhaps?
Wikipedia has a long article about shotguns with a photo partway down on the right side showing a shotgun "with the action open."
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
My Grandad was a gamekeeper and IIRC that particular position, open, is called 'broken', but that is in the UK, in Yorkshire too and we have some odd words for all sorts of things.
Posted by eyegore242 (Member # 9317) on :
That is for single or double shot shotguns and in the us it is also called broken or broke barrel.
depending on the time frame of your story would depend on what type of shotgun he would use if it is more modern, ie 60's, up then a hunter would more than likely have gone over to an semiauto shotgun for several reasons, less having to reload, less recoil.
single and double shots are now more for home defense and some of the really expensive ones are used for compatition shooting.
Posted by coralm (Member # 9274) on :
Similar to the other responses but with slightly different wording. You can say that a shotgun in that position is broken open.
Posted by tchernabyelo (Member # 2651) on :
Definitely there are cultural differences at work here - eyegore is probably right regarding the US but I don't even know if semi-automatic (pump action) shotguns are legal in the UK, where the old-fashioned side-by-side is still the hunting (for rabbits or game birds) weapon of choice, as it was in France last time I was there (Sunday morning, you can't move in rural France for men wandering around with a broken shotgun under their arm and a dog at their heels, or so it seems).
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
quote:...some of the really expensive ones are used for compatition shooting.
When I first read this, I thought you wrote "companion" shooting, and Dick Chaney suddenly popped into my head. Posted by eyegore242 (Member # 9317) on :
quote:When I first read this, I thought you wrote "companion" shooting, and Dick Chaney suddenly popped into my head.
hahaha im not even close to kidding tho, when i was growing up the old man and myself were in a skeet shooting club with the company he worked for. he ended buy a shotgun that cost more that my first car. thats not saying that much but still..
Posted by redux (Member # 9277) on :
I meant to say so sooner - thank you everyone for the feedback
