What is a "Chin Strap"?

[Daniel Cary]

On the Stock, behind the pistol grip .. Thank You.

 

[R.M.C.]

Dang good question, I'm curious too

 

[thriller]

Well it seems like random decoration but I will let the more learned of our ranks answer this question so that I may too be educated on this matter.

 

[Daniel Cary]

nice case coloring though, blues & golds.

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[R.M.C.]

It is a sharp looking rifle.

 

[steve white]

They do those on custom guns virtually all the time in Ferlach. They say, like a tuxedo, it is not complete without it.

 

[WebleyGreene455]

I don't think I've ever seen one of those before. Seems like something I could do without, personally.

 

[VertigoBE]

And maybe the more pertinent question is, “what is it good for?” Does it have any utility apart from looking good, or it is just supposed to look good like the shadow line for a cheek piece?

 

[xausa]

And maybe the more pertinent question is, “what is it good for?” Does it have any utility apart from looking good, or it is just supposed to look good like the shadow line for a cheek piece?

The chin strap was a trade mark of Tom Shelhamer, a famous stockmaker who started his career with the Niedner company and then went out on his own.

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[Kevin Peacocke]

The chin strap I know is the one on my pithy that holds it on in an open landy...

 

[Sourdough]

They do those on custom guns virtually all the time in Ferlach. They say, like a tuxedo, it is not complete without it.

Tuxedos have chin straps? I only ask cause I've never worn a tuxedo.

 

[crs]

BS - nuttin to do with hunting or shooting - BS

 

[steve white]

Tuxedos have chin straps? I only ask cause I've never worn a tuxedo.

I'm just quoting what one of the gunmakers said--probably something lost in translation, though. I think they are strictly for looks.

 

[WebleyGreene455]

Tuxedos have chin straps? I only ask cause I've never worn a tuxedo.

No but chinstraps wear tuxedos.

 

[Daniel Cary]

Tuxedos have chin straps? I only ask cause I've never worn a tuxedo.

lol .. that's great.

 

[Daniel Cary]

No but chinstraps wear tuxedos.
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Omg! ..

 

[Daniel Cary]

They do those on custom guns virtually all the time in Ferlach. They say, like a tuxedo, it is not complete without it.

Well done & Thank you.

Ferlach in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia is the southernmost town in Austria. It is known for its centuries-old gunsmith tradition, part of the Austrian intangible cultural heritage since 2010. Wikipedia

 

[BeeMaa]

And maybe the more pertinent question is, “what is it good for?” Does it have any utility apart from looking good, or it is just supposed to look good like the shadow line for a cheek piece?

Arguments can be made that a beautifully figured wood stock on a rifle doesn't make it perform any better either.

 

[VertigoBE]

Arguments can be made that a beautifully figured wood stock on a rifle doesn't make it perform any better either.

Oh I fully agree, and I don’t mind if it is just for aesthetic reasons, but often there was a real practical reason behind it originally.

I once read that engraving of metal parts on a gun in the very beginning was only for the purpose of keeping a layer of gun oil on the metal parts that would not be so easily wiped off and thus better protect against rust.

I’m sure there are other such examples on fine rifles and guns of aesthetically pleasing parts that came to be for practical reasons.