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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: WKevinD on August 16, 2025, 07:21:14 PM

Title: NE Fowler
Post by: WKevinD on August 16, 2025, 07:21:14 PM
This just came home with me, Love the lines.
About 20 gauge, 51 1/2" barrel.

Kevin

(https://i.ibb.co/HLFzw9yB/NEfowler.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6cnP9qSr)

(https://i.ibb.co/8gf8Vc8F/NEfowlertang.jpg) (https://ibb.co/whP61s6D)
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: Avlrc on August 16, 2025, 07:28:11 PM
Congratulations & Lovely.  Do you know who made it?
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: rich pierce on August 16, 2025, 08:34:06 PM
Great find. More pictures!
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: WKevinD on August 16, 2025, 09:32:48 PM
Quote from: Avlrc on August 16, 2025, 07:28:11 PM
Congratulations & Lovely.  Do you know who made it?
I have no idea who or when, I saw it and it warmed my heart, passed on others to get this.

Kevin
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: WKevinD on August 16, 2025, 09:38:14 PM
Quote from: rich pierce on August 16, 2025, 08:34:06 PM
Great find. More pictures!

Rich, a plain and simple fowler, iron mounted, lock has no innards or top jaw, no engraving or carving. I'll take some more pictures when I get back out to the shop.

Kevin
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: rich pierce on August 16, 2025, 11:05:45 PM
Probably recycled French furniture?  Architecture looks quite good.
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: WKevinD on August 17, 2025, 06:11:08 PM
Quote from: rich pierce on August 16, 2025, 11:05:45 PM
Probably recycled French furniture?  Architecture looks quite good.

Rich,

French styled hardware, butt plate missing the heal screw and held with a new woodscrew at the tang, trigger guard is very lightly inlet.
All mounts are Iron and show well worn light engraving.

Kevin

(https://i.ibb.co/gbrKSGG4/NEbutt.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nqwJ7TTP)

(https://i.ibb.co/RpZyjrKv/NETG.jpg) (https://ibb.co/svkHWx4m)
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: rich pierce on August 17, 2025, 06:19:05 PM
Excellent, thanks!
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: JV Puleo on August 17, 2025, 07:43:31 PM
I really like it. If I had to guess, I think it's a NE restock of a French gun brought back from the F&I war. I've seen several, including a very nice fowler fitted with a bayonet lug for later militia use with a provenance that goes back many years and establishes that it has been in Massachusetts for a very long time.

I also have the remnants of one. If I can take some photos I'll post them. The he buttplate, lock and most of the trigger guard is missing so it isn't much to look at. It was given to me by the late Don Andreason who had plans to restore it but hesitated because he didn't want it to be seen as an intact original. Don was very good at that sort of thing. I have the same reservations though I admit to not being as talented as he was.
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: TF Black on August 19, 2025, 06:18:50 AM
Wow, love this! Great find Kevin. Looking fwd to inspecting it at some point…;-)

Jay
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: whetrock on August 19, 2025, 01:13:27 PM
Quote from: WKevinD on August 17, 2025, 06:11:08 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/gbrKSGG4/NEbutt.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nqwJ7TTP)

It's a terrific find.
I'm curious about the condition of the butt plate inlet along the top of the comb. What do you think happened there? Does the mortise match this buttplate?
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: Steve Collward on August 20, 2025, 02:05:46 AM
Kevin,
   Nice find and great looking fowler.  Fortunate that it had not been converted to percussion.
Title: Re: NE Fowler
Post by: ranger1759 on August 31, 2025, 03:11:55 PM
Pics of the side plate area might be helpful.