Mike Brooks
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Well, don't have a hearty tack in all of your excitement..... :haha: :thumbsup:
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rich pierce said:
Chris,I took one of my old fusils fin{the one with the missing lock and forestock}down to Toulousse to compare with a kit from Davis.My old gun has the rib on top and a 44" barrel.The two guns were laid out together and they were practically two peas in a pod.The side plates and guards were close but not identical and my gun is missing the butt piece.My gun dates to about 1720-30 and the profiles were virtually the same except that the kit had too much wood,a common fault with these French and other kits.I really like the R E Davis fusil fin kit {not the Type D}.
Tom Patton
Tom Patton
You might take a look at John Donelson's site. he reworks the TOTW kits to more closely follow the originals. The lock in the kit has to be lengthened and the cock reshaped...it's an extra charge if you want the "right" look to the TOTW kit.
[url] http://www.donelsoncustommuzzleloaders.com[/url]/
[url] http://www.donelsoncustommuzzleloaders.com[/url]/
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Hi Wes,
Thanks for the info.
Very nice site.
Thanks for the info.
Very nice site.
He does do some nice work Wes but the quote below just blows the whole site for me..... it really only helps to perpetuate one of the primary myths about these guns.
" This example would be considered a Fusil Fin since it has very fancy curly Maple wood and raised carving."
" This example would be considered a Fusil Fin since it has very fancy curly Maple wood and raised carving."
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:rotf: :rotf: Beats me! :shocked2:
You mean , like this ?
On top the exhibit in a museum ( that I will not name )
under , over the plexiglass plate , a India made gun
Military model ,
He'll build you what you ask for. He doesn't build ahead and every gun is to customer specs. You ask for maple - he'll do maple. Might ask you if you're sure, but you call the shots.
If you got that far down the page you went past my rifle (the cherry stocked iron mounted Lehigh - which I twisted his arm to create).
John's a good man and a friend (and the alarming resemblence to Stephen King is merely coincedental :haha: ).
:haha:
If you got that far down the page you went past my rifle (the cherry stocked iron mounted Lehigh - which I twisted his arm to create).
John's a good man and a friend (and the alarming resemblence to Stephen King is merely coincedental :haha: ).
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Henry said:if you compare it side by side with an original, you'll bust out laughing. They are cartoon carichtures of the real thing.
You mean , like this ?
On top the exhibit in a museum ( that I will not name )
under , over the plexiglass plate , a India made gun
Military model ,
I imagine thats what he meant. Still looks like they had a washed out enlarged photocopy. :v
Mike Brooks
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UUUMMMM, looks like gun made for Mongo. Mongo like India made gun. :haha:
Mike Brooks
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UUMMMM , Mongo use string to pull trigger, Sheriff Bart say no trust India made barrel. :rotf:
