Next New England fowler: the gonne is donne

[rich pierce]

For sure, Rich — you nailed it! Does anyone know where that original gun came from? I don’t recall it being mentioned in the book, but I don’t have it in front of me at the moment.

Tom, it has New England architecture but the original is in the Colonial Williamsburg collection.  I don’t know where they acquired it or the provenance. The early Dutch trade lock suggests NY or nearby somewhere in the Northeast.

[silky]

Right on. Thanks, Rich. Personally, I like the look without the brass band… there’s no shiny object to distract the eye.

[Robert Wolfe]

Lovely Rich, just lovely. I agree with you that it would have been more interesting if you could have done it the way you wanted. That lock is great though it really wants a bigger barrel to avoid some of the issues. At least that was my take away! 

[rich pierce]

Robert, the lock is huge. The bolster was super thick. If I could have added more drop to the stock, the tail of the lock which is curved could have been better placed on the wrist.

[rich pierce]

A couple more pix to better show the architecture.

[TF Black]

Came out great-nice work Rich!

Jay

[reddogge]

I like the color and finish of the stock. You made it to look like it's 5 years old.

[bluenoser]

Double slots on the tang screw are a good idea.  Would they be HC?

[rich pierce]

Double slots on the tang screw are a good idea.  Would they be HC?

I doubt they are HC but it makes it possible to get the barrel out without having a right angle screwdriver. A pocket knife will work. It was a spur of the moment idea. I wanted to make the gun more funky than my client wanted it to be, so I sneaked a couple things in.

[TF Black]

A collector friend of mine has two original 18th C. muskets in his collection  - an early English trade gun and a composite NE doglock musket - that each have what look to be an original period double slotted screw; one is a tang screw and one is a hammer screw. So I’d vote HC….
 

[Adrie luke]

Rich

It's strange to see the Fowling with nothing on it
But upon closer inspection, it's a beautiful rifle with lovely lines.
It all takes some getting used to, good work.