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Offline Hurricane ( of Virginia)

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ALR Museum Gunsmith: Unknown maker / New England Fowler
« on: January 02, 2013, 06:42:53 PM »
An extraordinary New England Fowler 1769. Maker unknown.

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http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=4650.0

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Offline rich pierce

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Re: ALR Museum Gunsmith: Unknown maker / New England Fowler
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2013, 07:53:12 PM »
Thanks for the photos.  A beautiful fowling piece with real personality.  Often overlooked as exprerssions of American art, fowlers like this one are as interesting to me as longrifles of the period.
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Re: ALR Museum Gunsmith: Unknown maker / New England Fowler
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2013, 08:54:49 PM »
I love this fowler :) :) :).I have plans to make one very similar right down to the 18th century watch gears for my pesonal use. Hopefully it makes it too my bench this year in time for grouse season this fall ;) ;) ;).

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