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Offline Maurice

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fowler muzzle end stock shape
« on: December 12, 2023, 09:23:53 PM »
Would there be a slight flair in the last few inches of the stock at the muzzle end of a British style fowler (mid 1770’s - American made).  Cannot tell from pictures in Grinslade’s Flintlock Fowler book. Somewhere I got the idea that this area of the stock is referred to as a “schnabble” and has a slight bulge.


Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: fowler muzzle end stock shape
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2023, 11:49:52 PM »
Jim Chambers has an English fowling gun with a little Schnabel at the end
 Most English guns don't  have it.
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