Barbecue gun pics!

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Uhh...forgot about this one

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Good rule of thumb for pork BBQ; the more anthropomorphized the pig on the sign, the worse the BBQ ;)
Good rule of thumb for brisket (best*) BBQ; the more late-model vehicles in a crowded lot, the worse the BBQ**

I have a pair of gold cz 52's I will post when I get home. nice duracoat job on them
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Those would be kolache guns ;)

Some posters seem to understand this, but the far more important aspect to a BBQ gun is the rig it's in, rather than the gun itself; these things are for showing, not for blowing, so pretty much anything beyond fancy grips isn't gonna be seen. Not that open carried guns at BBQ events are all that common these days anyhow :(

TCB

*as in 'best Korea'
**Texas BBQ optimization actually requires a complex formula involving parking lot pavement quality vs. number of cars blocked-in past capacity, number of spurned customers when they invariably run out of food vs. people it's happened to twice, disrepair of the building vs. presence of filth, number of competing BBQ establishments with an ongoing feud (ideally family-related), number of kitchen fires in the last decade, availability of plates & silverware, and rumored political connections to the sitting governor.
 
OK, now I'm confused. I'd only heard about BBQ guns from a few different threads on this site. I thought it referred to guns you brought to a private BBQ event, but now public establishments have been brought into it.

If it includes public BBQ joints, I would have to say the best place I ever went to had an unpaved parking lot under trees and a pig sign, but the pig looked like a pig. It was a hole in the wall joint sitting by itself, basically a wood shack, but it had the best smoked brisket and pulled pork I've ever had, and darned good fried chicken too, in addition to pork loin, meatloaf, and sausage. All homemade sides, including amazing corn fritters. Five different homemade sauces for every taste. Did I mention it was a buffet, and included everything including desserts, sweet tea, and lemonade, all for the princely sum, as of this past Sept., of $13.50? JB's Smokeshack on John's Island in SC, just outside of Charleston.

Everything tasted great to me, but I admit to not being a BBQ cognoscente, being from north of the Mason-Dixon Line, and the eastern third of the country. I also didn't open carry in there, so no BBQ gun. lol
 
NC is an open carry state but divided over BBQ. Mac's Speed Shop (Bikes, beer and BBQ) in Charlotte has notable brisket, written about by some Texas BBQ expert. Pork BBQ is tomato sauce based (Lexington/western) or vinegar/mustard based (eastern). I'm a big fan of Memphis style pulled pork but it's not sold here anymore. In high school I lived in Santa Maria, CA and Santa Maria style is beef skewered and cooked over California live oak coals in 55 gallon barrels cut in half longways. Pinquito beans and bread make it a meal. Sliced thick off a Tri-tip medium rare. The method was copyrighted in 1978 according to Wikipaedia.
Texas is where my Dad's family ended up (from the Osage Hills where they grew up) and my uncles had some nice BBQ guns but were passed to my cousins who are aging and passing them along to their kids. My dad never had any guns and I became a shooter at age 62. My son and grandsons will get my guns when I pass on. I don't own any wheel guns but donations would be gladly accepted. Lots of nice pics in this thread.
 
OK, now I'm confused. I'd only heard about BBQ guns from a few different threads on this site. I thought it referred to guns you brought to a private BBQ event, but now public establishments have been brought into it.
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Some of us are wise enough to leave these things to the professionals ;). And even for a private event, you're typically still in a public venue unless you happen to own a giant, developed ranch, so the various laws apply.

BBQ guns, like mint juleps, are still a rather...ostentatious I guess you could say (read: flamboyant) relic from a past time. Very blue-bloody/dandyish, but such are all the important social gatherings of the wealthy. You'd probably get a lot of smirks wearing one anywhere besides a place with a bunch of other folks doing the same thing ;)

TCB
 
kbbailey , I had a Marshal like that and loved it. Shot about 100 balls, kept it nice. One day it wouldn't cock. I called Cabelas and they sent me a shipping label to send it in to be looked at. They replaced it with a brand new one.
( I don't think they would do that today )
Then ..... I sold it, new as can be and unfired :( for fear it would happen again.
It was probably a simple fix. If only I was on THR back then, I could have gotten a cyber kick in the pants.
I needed some money at the time. One of my more regrettable moves.
Now they sell for twice as much if you can find one.
Anyway, I really like that one. You can be proud at the pig roast with that one on your hip.
 
Thanks.
I really like the looks of short barreled cap&ball revolvers, but they knew what they were doing when they made the originals. Short barrel=short loading lever. Short loading lever = difficult loading.
 
kbbailey said:
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I really like the looks of short barreled cap&ball revolvers, but they knew what they were doing when they made the originals. Short barrel=short loading lever. Short loading lever = difficult loading.
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If I remember correctly, I used .451 balls in that revolver as they were easier to seat and I still recall some lead rings shaved off the balls. Just made sure the clylinders were well covered with lube to seal them up good.
Not that I knew what I was doing but I have three long BP revolvers now and I don't remember these being much different.
I use .454 balls now but would have no problem using smaller, and might load more often right on the gun if I had some.
Most times I load cylinders with a table top loading tool outside of the pistol.
But this is all for another forum post. Short Marshal still shot pretty straight for me.
So lets get on with the show.

Here's a couple with fake stag grips. A Taurus 431 44 spl and a S&W model 13 .357 mag.
These might be acceptable for a clam bake.

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Bullseye

Are those grips by Jay Scott? Definitely remind me of them from way back when!
 
bannockburn said:
Bullseye

Are those grips by Jay Scott? Definitely remind me of them from way back when!
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Yes Jay Scott ... had to fit a S&W set ( I think Outdoorsman size grips ) to the Taurus. LINK
The other K frame set on the S&W 13 from Sarco went on without any fitting.
 
Gordon

You've definitely got the whole BBQ package going on there: a nickel plated Model 19, beautifully figured Zebrawood Fuzzy Farrant grips, and the Lama/Meyers belt and holster rig!

I think we have a winner!
 
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