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dave_person said:
Hi,
During the period you are interested in, standing breeches and barrel keys were standard on any non military gun above the quality of cheap trade guns or livery guns. SR, I get the impression that you are intimidated by what James and I are indicating. We are giving you the historical context. I could do what we describe for a Chambers English fowler kit in one day of work, no problem. Piece of cake. But I realize others don't have the skills or knowledge. So a good choice for you is Chambers English fowler as it comes without the changes we suggest. It will be a fine gun for your impression.


dave
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Thanks to both of you I kust have one more question would you do a more indepth tutorialon wedge inletting in in the future
 
StarnesRowan said:
Thanks to both of you I kust have one more question would you do a more indepth tutorialon wedge inletting in in the future
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I believe Taylor Sapergia has a tutorial on that over on the American Longrifles dot org forums
 
Everyone is on target, but May I ask your age.
1750 and your 50ish then you were born about 1700, and came of age about 1720.
Or your 30ish and came of age about 1740.
Old guys buy guns, so do young guys. However a good gun may have been purchased young and still in use with age.
My favorite gun is twenty eight years old. My old gun is about thirty five.
You may have a fine piece that is out of style.
Your position as prosperous may not mean your a ‘gun nut’. A fellow may have had no reason to replace an old gun that worked fine with the latest style from England or France
 
tenngun said:
Everyone is on target, but May I ask your age.
1750 and your 50ish then you were born about 1700, and came of age about 1720.
Or your 30ish and came of age about 1740.
Old guys buy guns, so do young guys. However a good gun may have been purchased young and still in use with age.
My favorite gun is twenty eight years old. My old gun is about thirty five.
You may have a fine piece that is out of style.
Your position as prosperous may not mean your a ‘gun nut’. A fellow may have had no reason to replace an old gun that worked fine with the latest style from England or France
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To be honest I turn 18 in a week
If Could afford to buy a gun still don't think I would I have built two kits and loved every second of it
 
Love the guns some are made by the true masters and
Bushfire said:
Growing up (and to this day) the Patriot is one of my favourite movies. Heath Ledgers character Gabriel was an 18 year son of a prosperous farmer from SC. I'm sure you've seen it but worth watching with that in mind.
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I have been to some places where the movie was filmed. But when it comes to who Joshia Martin is supposed to be it niggles at me

But still in my top ten favorite movies
 
 
dave_person said:
Hi,
English fowler and here is an original example of the kind of export quality gun from exactly your time period. In fact, this gun probably spent most of its working life in America.
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Prosperous farmers were by definition, not poor, and could afford a nice gun imported from England. They in fact, imported many of them including some rifles. Richard Wilson and the Turvey family of gun makers were especially popular with prosperous colonists. Trade guns were for trade with the Indians or less prosperous settlers on the frontiers.

dave
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Is this the style Kibler’s fowler is patterned after? I have seen several pictured.
 
dave_person said:
Hi,
Chambers English fowler kit would be a good choice. I do not believe it comes with a hook tang and breech but that certainly can be added. With a hooked breech, the barrel is held in place with flat keys rather than pins. It was designed to remove the barrel easily for cleaning. The nice thing about Chambers kit is they combine the correct lock and hardware for the time period the gun is supposed to represent (1760s). Some fowlers would have octagon to round barrels, others fully round. However, they all would taper at the breech and flare a little at the muzzle.

dave
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Do you know where I can get a round hooked tang
 

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