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If it were mine I would place the cap so the longest portion was slightly behind the muzzle.
One of the benefits of schnabble tips was that they made a good firm grip if you used the rifle as a walking staff in the mountains
Phil,
may I express some doubt to that?
Bad for the stock and potentially dangerous...
Even today mountain hunters in Austria and Bavaria have their Bergstock / mountain staff, cut from hazel.
Regards,
fuhrmann
I certainly didn't mean they were used as primary walking staffs but only as "make-do" staffs when real ones were not carried.
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