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Author Topic: Can you identify this smoothbore?  (Read 2750 times)

Offline Feltwad

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Re: Can you identify this smoothbore?
« Reply #30 on: June 22, 2014, 12:13:34 PM »
Eclosed are images of a English Long Fowler now converted to percussion with the drom and nipple principle the brass furniture  shows it was prior to 1780,s  with an Acorn Finial on the trigger guard.Although it is classed has an English Fowler it is not true English made because the barrel is Spanish made in Madrid,notice the sideplate and butt plate are brass later they were mainly steel with the pineapple finial
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Re: Can you identify this smoothbore?
« Reply #31 on: June 22, 2014, 01:23:42 PM »
So the brass trigger guard with an acorn finial is early and later ones were made with steel and a pineapple finial?  That's interesting.  Thanks for posting this.  I had completely ignored smoothbores until recently.  Now an old dog has to learn new tricks.

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Offline Nit Wit

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Re: Can you identify this smoothbore?
« Reply #32 on: September 15, 2014, 07:57:44 AM »
Was this gun originally from Maine?
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Re: Can you identify this smoothbore?
« Reply #33 on: September 16, 2014, 10:15:07 AM »
storm:
If that's from Maine it was built by Karl Johnson Dresden Maine.
It is a TOTW kit.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Can you identify this smoothbore?
« Reply #34 on: September 16, 2014, 10:26:59 AM »
NW...  I think you solved the mystery for me.  The rifle did come from Maine and the initials on the barrel are KJ.  Thank you!  TOW kit or not, Mr. Johnson did some fine work.  This one is a keeper.

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