28 Gauge Fowler

[Walkabout]

Any ideas? It has no markings. Thanks

 

[Tanselman]

Angled photographs don't show a lot of details on long guns. This gun would be easier to identify if you could provide a couple views taken directly over it, both front and back, and a good view of the muzzle. With that said, several comments can be made about the gun from your picture.

Based on the stock appearing to be cherry, a single trigger, and a slight "fish belly" to the lower butt line, the gun was probably made in New England. Had you not stated it was a fowler, I would call it a half-stocked rifle with an octagon-to-round target barrel with standard rifle-type front/rear sights. Note the butt has a flat, rifle-style bottom edge, not a rounded edge like most fowlers, and the barrel looks rather short for a fowler. I'd guess it's either a "buck & ball" type gun with a thick enough barrel wall to shoot a ball, or an original rifle with its barrel reamed out to convert it to a fowler. Perhaps we could tell more with better images.

Shelby Gallien

 

[Walkabout]

 

[flconch53]

It could be a NY pigeon gun. They where used for shooting passenger pigeons out of trees. The idea being to hit as many as possible in 1 shot so no need for a long barrel. That style was called a perch belly in Western Ny

 

[Walkabout]

Angled photographs don't show a lot of details on long guns. This gun would be easier to identify if you could provide a couple views taken directly over it, both front and back, and a good view of the muzzle. With that said, several comments can be made about the gun from your picture.

Based on the stock appearing to be cherry, a single trigger, and a slight "fish belly" to the lower butt line, the gun was probably made in New England. Had you not stated it was a fowler, I would call it a half-stocked rifle with an octagon-to-round target barrel with standard rifle-type front/rear sights. Note the butt has a flat, rifle-style bottom edge, not a rounded edge like most fowlers, and the barrel looks rather short for a fowler. I'd guess it's either a "buck & ball" type gun with a thick enough barrel wall to shoot a ball, or an original rifle with its barrel reamed out to convert it to a fowler. Perhaps we could tell more with better images.

Shelby Gallien

Well, the description says "Fowler". Maybe the seller doesn't know exactly what it is. Looks pretty rugged and shootable, though. Thought it might make a nice companion for my .54 smoothy pistol . Thanks for your input.

 

[Treestalker]

It is what it is and it'll shine when it shines!