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Offline Roger Fisher

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A request!
« on: February 09, 2010, 07:04:23 PM »
While we are in the winter doldrums or somesuch,  Anyone out there willing to post photos of any of their Trade Guns (other than New England clubbies) so we peons can see how bad ours compare??

I do have the book on them; but more info is always a plus :) And possibly entertaining ;D   Am also interested in seeing if anyone used a laid back trigger, besides me ::)
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Offline alex e.

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Re: A request!
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 07:43:12 PM »
I'll go first.

French Fusil de Chasse
46" o/r barrel by Colerain  , 16 ga./.66 calibre
Davis "French" flintlock
Am. walnut stock from Luckenbill
Silver front sight
weight 7lb. 1/2 oz., on par with originals








Gun has since hunted all day in the rain & 2-3 good snowstorms,It has since lost all its  lustre.
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Offline smallpatch

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Re: A request!
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2010, 12:02:40 AM »
Type G Trade gun




NE Fowler


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Re: A request!
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2010, 07:19:57 PM »
There's three nice smoothies!  Notice the swept back triggers on Smallpatch's guns.  Where are your Pics Roger - I'd love to see your fowler!  There is a fowler in my future - Just can't quite decide what to build..................Lynn
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: A request!
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2010, 07:32:22 PM »
Is that Carolina gun made from one of my kits? Nice job!
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Re: A request!
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2010, 07:34:22 PM »
Here's a pile of smoothbored guns I have built in the past few years.
http://www.fowlingguns.com/fowlers.html
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Re: A request!
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2010, 08:24:46 PM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on February 10, 2010, 07:34:22 PM
Here's a pile of smoothbored guns I have built in the past few years.
http://www.fowlingguns.com/fowlers.html

The one restocked in cherry is my favorite.
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Re: A request!
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2010, 08:26:34 PM »
Mike,

The type G is one of your kits.  It weighs just under 6lbs.

Sweet, slender little gun.  That and the 48" Hoyt barrel..... awesome.
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Re: A request!
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2010, 08:33:27 PM »
An English style fowler I built

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Offline Roger Fisher

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Re: A request!
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2010, 09:17:12 PM »
Quote from: Lynn Cook on February 10, 2010, 07:19:57 PM
There's three nice smoothies!  Notice the swept back triggers on Smallpatch's guns.  Where are your Pics Roger - I'd love to see your fowler!  There is a fowler in my future - Just can't quite decide what to build..................Lynn
Sounds like you need a good giggle! ::)  Got alot going at the moment; but I'll get some posted.  (She did well at the gunmakers fair last July)
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Re: A request!
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2010, 01:39:55 AM »
Jack Brooks had a nice early 'rifle' at Lewisburg. I know it's not a trade gun, nor fowler, but some of the lines and hardware are reminiscent of such.
http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2010/02/frontier-rifle-by-jack-brooks.html
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Re: A request!
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2010, 02:43:14 AM »
Has anyone built an early fowler? Like a Doglock or a Jacobite lock piece with a fantailed stock?
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Offline Jim Filipski

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Re: A request!
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2010, 04:40:54 AM »
Roger, Here is a link to a Tulle my apprentice, Rick Valent built last year in my shop. Of course I gave him a hand at some of the harder areas but it was his first gun. He did a clorox etch on the metal. He then browned it and then brought it to bright except for the low areas. Not sure if you may be interested
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr60/jwfilipski/RVTULLE.jpg

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Re: A request!
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2010, 04:20:44 PM »
Quote from: richpierce on February 10, 2010, 08:24:46 PM
Quote from: Mike Brooks on February 10, 2010, 07:34:22 PM
Here's a pile of smoothbored guns I have built in the past few years.
http://www.fowlingguns.com/fowlers.html

The one restocked in cherry is my favorite.
Thanks, one of my favs too. I figured no one would want to buy a gun like that and I'd end up keeping it...... ::) Got another one planed in the near future. ;D
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Re: A request!
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2010, 04:48:23 PM »
Quote from: alexsnr on February 09, 2010, 07:43:12 PM

French Fusil de Chasse
46" o/r barrel by Colerain  , 16 ga./.66 calibre
Davis "French" flintlock
Am. walnut stock from Luckenbill
Silver front sight
weight 7lb. 1/2 oz., on par with originals


Couldn't help but notice the aged steel colored seating jag...would appreciate knowing where you found it.

I recently got some brass ones from North Star with grooves at the very end to double as a cleaning jag, and I know I can darken the brass, but might be interested in steel ones (with grooves added ) if they're available...
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Offline Roger Fisher

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Re: A request!
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2010, 06:18:41 PM »
Quote from: JWFilipski on February 11, 2010, 04:40:54 AM
Roger, Here is a link to a Tulle my apprentice, Rick Valent built last year in my shop. Of course I gave him a hand at some of the harder areas but it was his first gun. He did a clorox etch on the metal. He then browned it and then brought it to bright except for the low areas. Not sure if you may be interested
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr60/jwfilipski/RVTULLE.jpg

Jim
Interested? Heck yes!  Nice very nice! Was BL used at all after the stain?
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Re: A request!
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2010, 08:22:55 PM »
Interested? Heck yes!  Nice very nice! Was BL used at all after the stain?
[/quote]

Roger were you referring to Boiled Linseed Oil? I think he stained it pretty dark with LMF walnut and rubbed it all down with a few coats of Danish Oil Finish because he didn't want any sheen on the wood ( the matte finish on the dark wood made it a bugger to get good photos of it )
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Re: A request!
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2010, 10:57:17 PM »
Roundball,thats a  Brown Bess RR tip,That  rammer had been siiting on a couple nails in my shop for a few  years.
Ive seen a couple original FDC's with similair tips,But i would bet the originals came without one.At least I dont remember reading if the contracts for those guns specified having one.
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Offline Roger Fisher

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Re: A request!
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2010, 06:07:47 PM »
Quote from: JWFilipski on February 11, 2010, 08:22:55 PM
Interested? Heck yes!  Nice very nice! Was BL used at all after the stain?

Roger were you referring to Boiled Linseed Oil? I think he stained it pretty dark with LMF walnut and rubbed it all down with a few coats of Danish Oil Finish because he didn't want any sheen on the wood ( the matte finish on the dark wood made it a bugger to get good photos of it )
[/quote]Yes, I was!
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