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Offline Silky921

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H.S.J. initials on gun
« on: December 31, 2017, 03:03:40 AM »
Bought this fowler a few years ago from Dixie and it has  the initials H.S.J. on the plate. Anyone have any ideas as to it's previous owner or any details?

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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2017, 03:52:59 AM »
Good looking bang stick.  Someone at Dixie may know who it is. A long shot but....
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2017, 04:38:50 AM »
It's a  fun gun. Bigger bore than my 28 gauge that I'm used to, but it's a halfstock fowler so it's a joy to carry in the woods.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2017, 06:08:21 PM »
Herman Samuel Jones.

(Just a wild guess.... ;))
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2017, 06:36:34 PM »
Hiram Silas Johnson?

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Offline Daryl

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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2018, 02:17:04 AM »
Quote from: Silky921 on December 31, 2017, 03:03:40 AM
Bought this fowler a few years ago from Dixie and it has  the initials H.S.J. on the plate. Anyone have any ideas as to it's previous owner or any details?



Odd step ahead of the chamber area - is that step indicative of a 2-piece barrel?
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2018, 02:50:41 AM »
It's probably a magnum barrel. ;)
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2018, 05:38:33 AM »
It's a 1 piece barrel. I figured it was for reinforcing the area.
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2018, 03:35:50 PM »
Could be a 'T'. Harry S. Truman, probably the gun he used in  the Marne campaign.
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2018, 04:58:59 PM »



Odd step ahead of the chamber area - is that step indicative of a 2-piece barrel?
Daryl

Is it stainless tube?

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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2018, 06:12:50 PM »
That step is like the ones on a Parrot cannon. Harry was an art'y, see the connection(?)!
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Re: H.S.J. initials on gun
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2018, 05:57:21 AM »
Milspec/cannon gun, I see.
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