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Offline Mike Brooks

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Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« on: March 27, 2012, 03:49:01 PM »
Another Great gun from Ken. He has rapidly risen to one of my favorite builders. ;D
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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2012, 04:01:31 PM »
How's that trigger guard held on in front? Does it just go thru a hole & is held on with the 2 rear screws?
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Offline Eric Kettenburg

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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2012, 04:37:55 PM »
His pieces are really incredible, aren't they?  I love them!  Absolute masterpieces indeed!!!   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2012, 08:19:08 PM »
This particular gun deserves some study as it is quite an artistic statement with a bare minimum of decoration. It is aesthetically spot on, beautiful architecture, color and texture. It truly begs to be picked up and examined. Far more deserving of note than any modern guild gun I have seen.
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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2012, 11:07:41 PM »
Man...so little time and so little money. Don't ya just wish you could live 900 years!

Nice looking flintlock Ken.
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Offline Bill of the 45th

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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2012, 03:46:55 AM »
A most beautiful/ugly lock.  I like Keb want to know how the guard is fixed..  What a great gun.

Bill
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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 03:46:46 PM »
Quote from: Bill of the 45th on March 28, 2012, 03:46:55 AM
A most beautiful/ugly lock.  I like Keb want to know how the guard is fixed..  What a great gun.

Bill

.........may be held in place via a bent tab under the trigger plate and fastened by a screw........
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Offline k gahagan

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Re: Gahagan Masterpiece on the blog today
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 02:37:35 AM »
Thank you for all of your positive comments. This Fowler was a lot of fun to make. I've enjoyed getting on this site for quite awhile and finally registered. There were several questions about the unusual trigger guard setup. First this is patterened after an original. The way I installed the hand forged guard was to forge the front of the guard into a tapered square. an undersize hole was drilled in the proper location. The tapered post was heated with a propane touch and while hot pushed into the hole to it's proper location. This is the same way you would do a knife tang. Two screws in the rear rail of the guard securely hold the guard in place. It's interested that the original looks like the guard was nailed in place even though the screw securing the barrel tang comes up from the bottom under the trigger bow.
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