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I stopped by a local pawn shop yesterday and saw that they had a
"16 gage fowler" for sale (percussion).

It had a little tasteful engraving on it and was marked "Nock" and "London" and had a brass butt plate. The barrel was about 36" long, octagon to round, and pinned.

I couldn't believe how light and well balanced it felt in my hands.

From the outside it looked pretty darn nice. I'm going back later this week and check out the bore with a fishing bobber light. The bore looks bigger then a 16 gage to me. I'll measure that too.

They want 400 bones for it but we'll see.
 
Is it Henry Nock or Samuel Nock? If it's a conversion from flint, it might well be Henry (who was more famous); if it's original percussion, then it's probably Samuel, as Henry Nock died in about 1803. Either way, it sounds like a nice piece from a well-known maker, and it may well be worth far more than $400, depending, of course, on condition.
 
There were a lot of knockoffs back in the day, so if you buy it, buy it because you like it, not because it's a Nock unless you get an expert to verify it.
 

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