Don Bruton 54 smoothbore

[wattlebuster]

Here is a Don Bruton .54/28 ga smoothbore. This gun will be the featured in Dons book that he is currently working on. An exact date of book release is not known but he is shooting for next summer. He took pics of the entire process of building from a blank for the book.
The stock is a piece of black walnut from Allen Martin. The barrel is a Oct to round Rice smoothbore that is 38 inches an is a B weight. The lock is a Chambers Virginia that was modified by Chris Evard. Its smooth as butter an sparks really good. Don forged all the furniture. He made a very nice strong tapered ramrod for it. The front sight is a 1962 silver quarter. This gun weighs less than 7 lbs by wore out bathroom scales. Once I found what it wanted to digest it shoots very nice round tight patterns with shot. I not had time to find a ball load yet but will work on it later. I paired it up with a Curt Lyles bark tanned goat skin bag an a Jeff Bottinger med size double twist horn.

[Tony N]

Beautiful work! Don is an amazing gun maker with a wealth of knowledge, I’m lucky enough to own one of his rifles that I cherish!
Looking forward to his book!

Tony

[Percy]

Simple and nice. I like it a lot.

[X62503]

Outstanding!  Thank you!

[Mooonax]

Very nice! I’m a big fan of Don’s work

[BOB HILL]

Another beauty by one of my favorite artists. Thanks for sharing it.
Bob

[TF Black]

Beautiful gun. The tacked-on buttplate with that unusually long & wide tang is cool. Wonder if that tang represents a bit of artistic license, or if it could be based off an original somewhere? I’ve not seen anything quite like it before, but I like it.

[Tuhlmann]

I really like the cheek piece lines.  A lot!

[L T Grey]

You can spot one of Don’s guns instantly. Thanks for sharing!

[MuskratMike]

Here is a .54 caliber/28 gauge smooth rifle don created for me a couple of years ago. I will never quit kicking myself in the butt for letting this one get away. In the next day or two don will complete another rifle for me. It will be a barn gun and I will post pictures here. I will also be on the list for getting his book once it is done.