I got lots of good advice on the Griffin flowler a week or so back. Decided to put another project in front of that one that had more family history. Figure the grandkids would appreciate it.
Worked on the family tree & best guess is that my great,etc. grandfather Paul would probably have bought a fowler in Philadelphia c 1778 before heading west via the Cumberland Road to SW Pennsylvania.
Looking at Tom Grinslade's book, British-Style fowlers BS-20,21 & 22 fit the bill.
Barrels are ~55 inch round in calibers .78 to.85. Guns run about 12 pounds. Breech diameter is 1 5/8
Questions:
Is a barrel like that available? Haven't seen one in the usual catalogs. Hope it doesn't cost and arm and a leg.
BS 22 has a bunch of salvaged Brown Bess parts. Any chance that a fowler could have been built with a salvaged Brown Bess barrel? The Scots-Irish genes would have wanted something thrifty