Bill Mowery .40 Cal Flinter

[Wullie]

Here's my old rifle. She'll be 30 years old next year. Bill stamped 5/19/81 on the barrel and his name. The serial number is less than 5.

If I remember right, I got her in '85 from Bill.I swapped him a nice Scheutzen style Remington-Hepburn in 38-55 for it and got some cash from him as well. Bill won a couple of matches with it at the TMLRA shoots at Brady. I won several more in the 80 at various rendezvous around here in TX.

Here she is hangin' on the wall.

Barrel is Douglas and is 41" long.

Siler lock

Stock and patchbox

ramrod pipe and carving.

More stock carving on the left side.

The bag. I traded Jack "Yellowhair" Parhan out of this rig. He made it and I had a rig I'd made that he liked, so we got drunk and made a swap as neither of us would have traded sober. :rotf:

I made him throw in two horns on the deal as the horn I'd made would hold twice as much powder as the big horn in this picture. I scrimmed 'em up and here they are.

The little darlin is a joy to shoot. (and yes it also sprays people off to the right that are silly enough NOT to move when I tell 'em I'm shooting a flinter and they're in a bad spot. :idunno: )

Willie

 

[hawk]

nice gun and possibles :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

Very nice all of them. Id like to get drunk with you an we would make a trade. the brew is on me :thumbsup: thanks for postin pics i love em

 

[rkmeyer]

Oooh thats very nice stuff! :thumbsup:
Dusty :wink:

 

[pecos clay]

That is very nice ! Mowery was a talented man. I met Bill at a gun show once in Whichita Falls, Tx around 1980 I think, he invited me to his shop in Iowa Park, Tx. I ended up buying a half stock plains rifle from him. He was a real gent.

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: "DANG" Them sure be purty.Thanks for the pics.Griz