Has anyone seen a pistol stock fore-end carved like this?
There is a raised bead along the ramrod groove, which is often seen, but this one continues right to the end and turns up to reach the barrel channel. It would strengthen the fragile end without using a separate cap.
This one is on a pistol by Thomas Green of London circa 1690; Green was the root of the Wilson gunmaking dynasty, suppliers to the Hudson's Bay Company and other buyers of trade guns.
The ramrod is a replacement.
- Bill
There is a raised bead along the ramrod groove, which is often seen, but this one continues right to the end and turns up to reach the barrel channel. It would strengthen the fragile end without using a separate cap.
This one is on a pistol by Thomas Green of London circa 1690; Green was the root of the Wilson gunmaking dynasty, suppliers to the Hudson's Bay Company and other buyers of trade guns.
The ramrod is a replacement.
- Bill
