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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: bama on July 18, 2025, 02:48:26 AM

Title: Help ID Fowler with Belgium barrel
Post by: bama on July 18, 2025, 02:48:26 AM

Hello everyone, I got pictures of the Fowler that I posted the picture of the barrel marking that you indicated was Belgian. It may be restocked parts or an import. Let me know what you think.

(https://i.ibb.co/q3Nzwt1H/IMG-6209.jpg) (https://ibb.co/W4kQ1bKr)

(https://i.ibb.co/pvYm4xKH/IMG-6208.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SXFLVPmk)

(https://i.ibb.co/Kx0BHD9y/IMG-6201.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jk6qFzL4)

(https://i.ibb.co/q3MnYbwb/IMG-6199.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YF7WBvGv)

(https://i.ibb.co/Xx4fnXB8/IMG-6200.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9HvmxnXt)

(https://i.ibb.co/jkB2bzt2/IMG-6202.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CKNZm6LZ)

(https://i.ibb.co/5x8btt9Z/IMG-6207.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tPsVkkhR)

(https://i.ibb.co/nM8DdP1r/IMG-6206.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gZFDq4Wy)

(https://i.ibb.co/xttnPnwW/IMG-6205.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5ggQtQCm)

(https://i.ibb.co/VnXDTCw/IMG-6204.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8vF29xY)

(https://i.ibb.co/xqB5jcdN/IMG-6203.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hF48WnwS)

Title: Re: Help ID Fowler with Belgium barrel
Post by: Tumbledown on July 18, 2025, 02:36:13 PM

It might be an original late 19th-early 20th century trade gun. They were commonly sold to locals in South America and Africa as the European "rulers" didn't want their subjects having modern weapons.