New Brooks Fowling Piece

[John Tice]

That is one really fine fowling piece ! :thumbsup:

 

[Robby]

Beautiful! nice job Mike! :hatsoff:
Now, go kill some stumps! :grin:
Robby

 

[smo]

That's a fantastic looking weapon. :thumbsup: Congrats Stump. Great job Mr. Brooks. :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[Roy]

Congrats Stumpy!! Very Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[alex efremenko]

VERY Nice!

 

[Tony Logan]

Super nice :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[scobrien]

An outstanding gun built by a fine and knowledgeable artisan. Mr. Brooks, you serve the community proud by sharing your abilities with like minded individuals. I am proud for you Stumpy that you now possess such a fine piece.

 

[rabjr]

I think he was supposed to take it out for a test run today. Had a nice day to do it if he did. How'd she shoot Stumpy??

 

[Stumpkiller]

Got some lighting. Here's that walnut.

And here she is with my new Swampy crafted fowler bag.

 

[RC]

:thumbsup: tuff pair to beat!!! look great!!good fer you Stump!! an again, Swampy, Mike, Nice Work! :bow: :bow:

 

[rabjr]

Oh man that second pic down makes me all giddy and stuff! Just love what he did to the breech area. That is one sweet gun! :bow:

 

[Trench]

Oh, the pride you must be feeling right now! What a wonderful piece. :bow:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Shot her 30 times today. Not a hitch or hickup and the flint's just starting to show wear. I have some pattern work ahead of me, though. This is #5s at 30 yards.

Power enough, but a little sparse; though not bad for straight cylinder.

30 yds on top, two lowers are 25 (in spite of the label - I changed my mind after starting)

And round balls were pretty interesting. These are with no patch - three with paper (see lowest image) and the rest just a bare ball over a nitro card and a shot card on top. 3 @ 30 w/paper, 3 @ 30 without and 3@50 yards without. I will be able to improve once I get some practice and the right load. These are 60 gr FFg w/0.648" ball - a super pleasure to shoot.

 

[Mickc01]

beautiful firelock you have there :thumbsup: Mr. Brooks does amazing work.

 

[Mike Brooks]

Uh oh, shooting low.time for a bending session. :wink:
You caught the light right on that buttstock and really caught how nice that piece of wood looks in person.
Killed those cans about as dead as they can be! :haha:

 

[Stumpkiller]

I'm not worried about bending just yet. Someone gave me this neat little copper front blade to play with. I was centering the tip of that on the bullseye while "peering" over the breech - very unfowlerlike of me. If I had ignored it entirely I would likely have been in the black at 30 yards.

The thought of bending gives me the heebie-jeebies at this point. (Don't try changing the one you love. :haha: )

I'll try pointing it next; the way I usually fire a sightless gun or an arrow. I was looking more for group size potential than bullseye.

I could also file down the front blade.

Also might have to come up with a very thin patch material. 0.010" was too thick for the balls I have (hundreds of)!

 

[Hipshot]

Outstanding! I'd love to own it. :thumbsup:

 

[BillinOregon]

Stumpy, I have a feeling you'll dial in your loads. Congratulations to you and to Mike on the build decisions that went into such an outstanding fowler, including the choice of 16 gauge, "the queen of the uplands."
Swampy's bag just tops off the package beautifully. You're definitely running with the big dogs!
:grin:

 

[Robby]

Wow, Wood, carving, engraving, everything!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I like the slight return at the toe area of the butt. Is that indicative of any specific area?
Robby

 

[Randall Slemp]

Late in the game, but Wow that's a beauty! Congratulations on that, and the great bag as well! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: