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Offline steve1122

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Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« on: October 30, 2016, 02:28:08 AM »
Nathan built this rifle for me a little less than a year ago. It is not an exact copy, but has several of the "Faber Rifle" features along with some features from some of the other rifles listed in Shumway's  "Rifles of Colonial America Vol 2" listed as "Rifles of Early Southern Origin".  It has a 40 inch, 47 caliber Bill Large barrel, and an L&R Queen Anne lock.  Nathan is a great guy to deal with, and kept me updated on its progress on almost a daily basis.












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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2016, 03:58:09 AM »
Thats a good looking rifle. I have seen lots of his guns on TOTW site but other than that have never heard of him. I do like most his guns though
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2016, 12:35:57 AM »
Thanks a lot. Looking forward to hunting with it.
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2016, 07:20:12 AM »
He did a great job on that rifle. Beautiful stock!!!!

With that Bill Large barrel should be a great shooter also.  Did you provide him with that barrel or did he have it already?
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Offline steve1122

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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2016, 07:23:21 PM »
I bought the barrel from an older gentleman a few years ago.
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2016, 04:06:18 PM »
Lots to like there.  Very believable gun of the period.  Having seen and handled the Faber rifle it's more slender than one might expect.
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2016, 07:16:50 AM »
Thanks for the kind words.  Nathan does really great work, and its always great to see what his next builds are.
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Offline Molly

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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2016, 04:50:43 PM »
Flintlocks and donuts!  A near perfect combination!
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Offline steve1122

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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2016, 09:34:26 PM »
Lol....Ain't  that the truth!
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2016, 10:56:35 PM »
Quote from: Molly on November 13, 2016, 04:50:43 PM
Flintlocks and donuts!  A near perfect combination!

Just add hot coffee and a warm ground blind ...  ;D

Cheers,
Smoketown
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2016, 09:12:28 AM »
Does Nathan have a website? I've been looking and can't come up with one...
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Offline jcmcclure

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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2016, 03:08:06 AM »
Quote from: scott63 on December 03, 2016, 09:12:28 AM
Does Nathan have a website? I've been looking and can't come up with one...

He does not have a website that I know of, but here is now a member on here. If your interested in seeing some of his other work you could just shoot him a PM and I am sure he would be happy to send some other pics. He built a rifle for me several years ago and I unfortunately had to sell after the loss of a job. 
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Re: Nathan Stephenson Faber Style Rifle
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2016, 03:28:42 AM »
scott63 you can pm and I`ll be glad to help you. Thanks Nathan
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