#588- Original single barreled percussion fowler by William Moore, a Birmingham maker. Original 16 gauge, nicely checkered and engraved. Never re-finished. All brown, blue and case hard is gone, has a fine antique patina (that really means fine rust that has been stopped with oil and care), the barrel is finely pitted, probably not shootable as such, but the wood and lock are in very good shape for its age and a re-line job is indicated to make it shootable. It's for sake as is, but once it gets re-lined, the price will go up dramatically. Note- the hammer is an obvious replacement, but I plan on fixing that with  some file work and matching engraving. SOLD

#562 Plain's rifle, 50 caliber, with a new Green River Rifleworks barrel 32 inches long, never before used. The barrel is fluted on the sides in front of the plain maple halfstock, roughly 15/16th inches wide and one inch deep, almost octagonal but fluted in front of the forestock. The L&R percussion lock with screw out drum and nipple is best quality, fired by double lever double triggers, it  sports an under-rib with two steel ferrules, all the other furniture is German silver, including the ovals around the single fore-stock key. A pewter nose cap caps the forestock. The rifle mounts a traditional style rear sight and silver blade front. This is not an expensive rifle.  It is meant for plinking, target and light hunting. it might do for close range big game, but is not designed for huge hunting loads. It's been proofed with 120 gr FFG black powder but shoots most accurately with 70 grains. It turned out better than I thought it would. Balance is just excellent, both metal and wood finish is likewise excellent and it is slickly easy to load and accurate with a .490 round ball. 

As you can see to the right, the muzzle is not octagon, but has wider flats top and bottom and a milled groove along the side. The groove extends back to the end of the forestock. The rib is fastened on with screws.

#558 J P Beck American Fowler- with a Colerain 50 caliber (28 gauge) barrel 42 inches long, tapered octagon to round, with Premium Siler flintlock by Chambers, and a gorgeous AAAA piece of tiger striped maple. The furniture is all brass, including the front sight. It is set up to shoot ball, but will accomodate shot as well, even using a 28 gauge plastic shot cup if you want, to improve patterns. The barrel is a Colerain, tapered octagon to round, no rear sight. The touch-hole is SunSetted just right at 0.70 for quickest fire. It shows some of Beck's great carving. The original J P Beck gun is illustrated in American Flintlock Fowlers, this one has a little more carving then the original. The metal is browned, the brass polished and the wood stained Lancaster red.  

I proofed the gun at a speed match, running the Lew Wetzel against time, running back and forth between stations. I managed 7 shots in 3 minutes, no record, but did it by loading the powder from my hand and spitting a naked .490 ball down the bore. The target was 25 yards off. I was amazed at the resulting three inch group. With 60 grains powder and a patched ball, the group is even better.

#504- Doc- built 54 caliber antiqued reproduction Leman half-stock plains rifle, cobbled up out of a handful of original parts and some purposefully rusted new ones. Original percussion lock with nipple and drum, single trigger, rust- finished early 8 groove GRRW barrel 30 inches long and one inch across the flats, purposefully rusted and distressed, but the bore is like new. Silver front sight on a brass base. Pewter fore-end tip. Stock looks like the real thing with artificial striping. The maple stock has a 14 1/4 inch pull, has also been distressed, there are lots of scratches, rock marks, tomahawk, hammer and vise marks and maybe a claw and tooth mark or two. Looks like it's had lots of use already. It has already fooled a few people. I was challenged by one shooter who wanted to know what I was doing shooting a dangerous old antique. Another was horrified that I would desecrate a fabulous old rifle. It's been lots of fun and shoots quite well, better than I can hold it. It's gone to Track of the Wolf. Click on their site at 'trackofthewolf.com' click again on 'percussion rifles' then scroll down the page to find it. SOLD

#560 Flintlock Fowler- This fowling piece has  28 inch, 20 gauge, side by side barrels in a plain varnish finished walnut stock of classic proportions, locks are flint with a small Russ Hamm on the left and a small Siler on the right. (They match well enough that the difference is hardly discernable.) The touch-holes are 0.070 and sunsetted in the Right Place. Ignition is quick and reliable.The lock panels are tapered to the rear for a smaller grip. There are double triggers, the front firing the right barrel and the rear the left. It sports  a Manton style double hooked breech with removable breech plugs, original real silver trigger guard but iron butt plate, very early English in style, all iron metal browned with screws blued or bright. Very light weight, less than 7 lbs. It is a fine quality, light fowler meant for "Shooting Flying" 

#526- ENGLISH FULLSTOCK FLINT 69 CAL GENTLEMAN'S HUNTING RIFLE. One of the problems with the usual American round ball gun is the very smallness of the caliber. Here is a rifle to solve that problem. The GRRW barrel is 69 caliber with deep rifling and a 1-72 pitch for shooting a 480 grain . 690 round ball. It is 1 1/8th inches in diameter, octagon and 30 inches long. It is secured to the super-figured tiger-stripe English walnut stock with three steel keys, (the stock blank by itself cost more than most modern rifles) The rest of the furniture is steel as well, including a broad checkered buttplate. The wrist is checkered in triple skip-line fashion with a carved brass thumb piece integral. The fore-end is ebony in the English fashion.  The hot sparking Chambers flintlock is English round faced with matching engraved sideplate. The touch-hole is sunsetted properly, and is actuated by a DST with double levers. You can fire it set or unset. The rear sight has two leaves and would normally be sighted at 100 and 200 yards. So far it is unfired. there is a single small ding on the fore-stock where a small piece of the damned curly walnut popped out. I don't know how it happened but it's there. Fixing it would require re-finishing the whole gun so I left it as is. That's what I get for using such curly expensive stuff.

The Double Set Trigger works in any combination you might want. Trigger without set is about 6 lbs., with set is a few oz. The English style trigger guard is generous enough for use with gloves. All the furniture is steel and all of it is browned, with stylish Rococco engraving here and there.

This rifle is meant for some serious hunting. Not only is the wood absolutely gorgeous, the gun itself is absolutely deadly, probably on both ends. But the butt is broad and it weighs close to 10 lbs plus the stock conformation is just excellent, which should reduce felt recoil a bunch. I have another somewhat like it and have used as much as 250 grains FFg Black Powder and a .690 ball and patch for moose, buffalo and big bear. You don't even notice the recoil when 'ol Ephraim is popping his teeth at you.

#559- Southern Mountain Rifle- this is a traditional iron mounted southern mountain 'black rifle', with 40 inch, 15/16th octagon, 54 caliber barrel by Ed Rayl and with slow twist for big hunting loads. The lock is a premium Siler by Chambers with touch-hole sunsetted correctly for fastest ignition. The stock is Ash and plain as a yard of pump water, stained dark as I could get it. All the iron furniture is deep brown. It's only decoration is a fancy forged iron trigger guard and a bannana patch box. Obviously plain, obviously functional, surprisingly light, meant for creeping around in the dark woods, it will be a great hunter, a real killer on whitetail.  SOLD

#563- Double Flintlock Fowler in side by side 12 gauge with 30 inch barrels and Colonial screw-in inter-changable chokes. The styling is late flintlock era English with lock panels tapered to the rear and the locks inset into the breech. The flintlocks are late style with double throated cocks and are fine sparkers.  this particular lock has been very dependable through the years, spare parts are readily available. It is fired by double triggers, the front firing the right barrel and the rear the left. The touch-holes are stainless steel, counter-bored from within and  SunSetted in the Right Place for the best of ignition.The buttplate and scroll trigger guard are blued iron, the fore-stock ovals are German silver, there is a single middle top rib with front bead in the classic style and two iron ferrules hold the ramrod. I plan some checkering at the wrist. The furniture and locks are blued, the barrels browned. here is a bit of tasteful engraving here and there. Looks like the weight is about 7 1/2 lbs. Pull to the front trigger is 14.5 inches. I wanted to take it turkey hunting before I sold it but the present buyer made me too good an offer to pass up. Sold. 

The locks are perfectly opposite each other, with a single long screw holding the two into the stock. The breeches are in the Manton style, with a hook on each barrel, both of which hook into the one piece tang. Taking the barrels off for cleaning is a cinch, just remove the two cross-keys and lift the barrls up and out. Replace them in the opposite manner.

You  can see how the lock panels are tapered to the rear, so your hand can get around the grip better and the thumb reach the cocks (hammers) easier. The walnut is pretty plain, but has good grain characteristics and is light enough to make the gun quite handy. The chokes are super-full on the right and full on the left. Of course, a selection of more open chokes is available. I set it up with the tight chokes for turkey.

#556- Blanket gun- You are looking at a cut down North West gun, cut down in the traditional Plains Indian fashion to hide beneath a blanket. Actually, they were used from horseback as a close in hunting and fighting weapon and served their purpose admirably, as well as any Dragoon pistol. The excellent quality parts come from NorthStarWest, including the 16 inch long 20 gauge barrel and the fat sparking flintlock. All the traditional English London markings are on the barrel and lock, including the sitting fox. The walnut stock has good figure in it. It has a traditional oil finish plastered with tacks and wrist strap. The barrel has been blued just like the originals were, with the lock and trigger guard bright, also like the originals. You can find it at Track of the Wolf. Go to their website, trackofthewolf.com, click on flintlock smoothbores, then scroll down the page to find it. SOLD

American indians liked their art asymmetrical. No two sides will look the same. Thus the circle in tacks on one side of the grip and the Iriqouis cross on the other. The barrel is shown bright above but has been blued, using traditional slow rust bluing, as shown in the photo below of the left side.

#525- STEEL MOUNTED JAEGER 58 CAL. This walnut stock cost more than most completed rifles, but it sets the rifle off even without any finish. The barrel is a swamped 31 incher by Colerain with proper Germanic sights, the furniture is all steel and has been blued , using the old traditional rust blue method. The blued metal is every bit as authentic as blue, if not more so. The stock is incise carved with Rocco scrolling surrounding a fanciful Griffin behind the cheek- piece, the Griffin's head seen on the right in front of the incised carved wooden patch box, and incised carving extends along the stock to well down the fore-end. It is complete with ramrod and matching figured wooden patch box cover. It will make a terrific hunting rifle to bang around with in the woods or maybe make those demmed Colonist riflemen keep their heads down in the trenches at Yorktown. You can find it now at Track of the Wolf. Go to trackofthewolf.com, click on flintlock rifles then scroll down the page to find it. SOLD

It's hard to see but the stock is plastered with incised carving, from the buttplate to within a foot of the muzzle.. There is carving around the ferrules, the trigger guard, lock mortice on both sides and around the cheek-piece and patch-box cover on both sides.

The barrel is about 60% covered with engraving, there is also the maker's signature in script, and a verse also in ancient script, "Sharp of Eye, Quick of Hand, Let Him who wields me be, To get the Game, Bring the Prise and Keep this Land of Liberty". There is Baroque-Rococco scrolled engraving at the breech on three flats, surrounding both the rear and front sights on three flats and bordering the signature and verse,

There is a Griffon behind the cheekpiece (a mythical beast half lion and half dragon) with the Lion's face on the right in front of the Patch Box cover. The Lion Face motif is repeated on the butt plate return, surrounded by transitional Baroque-Rococco engraving.. 

The wrist medallion is an elegant wax casting, fastened on with a bolt coming from underneath, the lock is engraved with the Maker's name and scrolling, the trigger guard is 75% engraved in the transitional Baroque-Rococco style, matching the barrel and incised scrolling on the stock. 

I have left the detailed photos above in the white to show the engraving better. Keep in mind the the barrel is browned and the steel furniture is blued. Only the top photo shows the real coloration. The brown, blue and bright of the finished gun is very attractive.

#517- JOHN NOLL 40 CAL FLINT RIFLE, an accurate reproduction of the Noll rifle on page 242 of Kindig's big book on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age, with  light swamped barrel by Colerain with round bottomed rifling, 44 inches long, Doc's signature in script on the top barrel flat, surrounded by elegant scrolling. AA maple fullstock, stained reddish brown and finished with oil, with Noll's  elegant rococco scrolling and cross hatched stock carving. Siler flintlock accuated by an antique original single lever Double Set Trigger, (you don't have to cock the trigger to cock the hammer), German silver patch box with grouse and silver furniture with Noll's classic elegant engraving  (it's quite a challenge). Noll was one of the great masters and its a privilege to reproduce his work. Every part of this rifle is period and maker correct, except perhaps the SunSetted touch-hole. 

#424- German silver furniture sets off this light American style flintlock fowler, barrel is by Colerain in 20 gauge, tapered octagon to round and 42 inches long, English round faced super quality flintlock, (drips sparks). Late English/American style German silver furniture, AA maple stock with deep English red finish to set off the silver metal. German silver turtle on wrist.

# 529  LIGHT 45 CAL BELT PISTOL, so called because of the belt clip,  45 caliber with a figured walnut stock with grain running wonderfully around and down thru the wrist. It sports a GRRW pistol barrel 6 inches long 13/16th diameter with 1-20 twist and deep rifling for round ball. The flintlock is a small Manton with touch-hole  properly placed in the  SunSet position. Trigger is single. There is an ebony fore-end tip. Furniture is all iron and classic English. There is only a front sight, obviously made to be used just outside the reach of the other guy's knife. There is a simple pin holding the barrel in place. There is a tapered hickory ramrod. This is a traditional defense weapon, very useful for the frontier persona. 

#527- ENGLISH 58 CAL FULLSTOCK GENTLEMAN'S LONG RIFLE This gun looks much like an English fowler but is in fact a 58 caliber rifle with Colerain tapered octagon-round barrel 44 inches long. The lock is a Chamber's English round faced fowler, actuated by an elegant single set trigger that must be set to fire the rifle, the touch-hole is a stainless insert in the correct Sunset location. The rear sight is single leafed. Both the trigger guard and side plate sport chisled scenes. The wrist is delightfully checkered in the early fashion. All furniture is brass including a chisled thumb-piece. The stock is high grade walnut and buttstock shows some especially fine figure. I took it to a shoot at Price, UT , fired it enuff to sight it in, it is an impressive rifle. The Single Set Trigger and lock combination are ZAP fast. The front sight required a single adjustment with file to get it sighted in (on the first target). I didn't win much (it was a blanket shoot) but I was keeping up with the other shooters and their peep sighted percussion guns,

Although the photos don't show it well, the brass sideplate and thumb-piece are chisled, the sideplate with a hunting scene. The trigger guard is beautifully engraved as it the top return on the buttplate. This rifle really holds nicely. It's  a great offhand shooter.

#524- NORTH CAROLINA FLINT 54 CAL RIFLE. This flintlock rifle is a reproduction of the fine North Carolina rifle that Walt Guzzler owns and is so proud of. It was on the cover of Muzzle Blasts in Jan '05. The swamped Colerain barrel on this one is 54 caliber, with round bottomed rifling, but that's so you can shoot it. Somehow I don't think Walt shoots his. The stock is a gorgeous chunk of figured walnut, all the furniture is brass, there is a DST, with  stainless touch-hole in the Right Place, the lock is one of Davis' fine quality Germanic copies. The proper side opening patch box is fitted with proper latch on the buttplate. The patchbox does not have any engraving, neither does the original, as the original was probably pretty early. 

Walt claims that the original probably came from the Salem or Bethebara gunshop. The earliest smith was there in the 1750's, but who knows when the original was made. 

The raised carving

There is more raised carving around the tang and lock mortices, all of it following the original pattern.

The drop of the buttstock is perfect for offhand shooting. Pull is 14 inches, balance is excellent with weight in the 8 lb. range.

#532 Sharps model 74 by Shiloh in 45-110. Bore perfect, DST, Axtell rear vernier sight worth $300 alone, Globe front, includes a dozen cartridges, previous owner says he shot it fewer than 20 times. It has  a few scratches on the right side of the buttstock from standing in a closet, with the rear sight and all, it's a bargain at $2000. One of these days I will refinish it  and the price will go up. SOLD

#507 English Sporting rifle, 577 caliber for Minie ball or slip-fit bullet in 1 1/8th inch diameter octagon barrel, three groove rifling just like the originals, all steel mounts, steel under-rib with steel thimbles, English steel broad shotgun style buttplate, (no cheek-peice and VERY comfortable even with big loads), Browning single set trigger that fires set or un-set (with a much heavier pull), slotted adjustable elevation long bar rear sight, silver front sight on brass base, English bar-in-wood lock with flat spring supporting tremendously strong Manton style percussion breech with long tang, (for Vernier tall rear peep if you want), plain but strong fine-grained walnut stock with pistol grip held to the barrel with two steel keys in silver ovals. Browned metal throughout, iron tipped ramrod drilled and tapped for 8 X 32 fittings. As traditional as they come. 

#547 Classic GR-Series Sporting Rifle in .504 caliber.  August- The stock grew on a grey laminate tree, is stained English Red . The barrel is by White, round and tapered, 1 1/10th inches at the breech, in .504 caliber with 1-24 twist for White Slip Fit and Saboted bullets. The action is Classic English with heavy Manton style bolster  for the nipple, leaf spring actuated Henry side lock and external hammer. There is a single trigger, a rubber recoil pad meant to mimic the English leather covered pads of yesterday, a single fore-stock cross-bolt held in place by German silver roundels  and under-rib with two ferrules for the ramrod.

#528  HEAVY 54 CAL BELT PISTOL, so called because it has a belt clips,  54 caliber with a plain maple stock   GRRW pistol barrel 8 inches long, one inch across the flats, with 1-20 twist and deep rifling for round ball. The flintlock  is an Egg,  properly placed with Sunsett touchhole.  This is a sturdy, heavy caliber  belt pistol meant for daily use. 

#405- Mississippi Rifle by Euroarms, #27xxx, 54 caliber for round ball.  The barrel brown is slick and smooth, the furniture is precisely fitted, the lock is smooth as butter, the walnut is dark, excellent color and very solid, close grained stuff. The overall appearance is excellent. Best yet, the bore is in excellent condition and it shoots a patched round ball very well. 

#508 Doc-built Dimmick St Louis Plains style rifle but for .450 slip-fit White/Whitworth style elongated bullet, Douglas octagon barrel one inch in diameter signed G B WHITE on top barrel flat.  .451 caliber with 1-20 twist and shallow .035 grooves,  uses White PowerPunch .450 slip fit bullets (other brands work well, too, as long as they are sized at .450 and weigh at least 400 grains.  plain but strong walnut stock in classic configuration.

A PERFECT RIFLE FOR AN IDAHO DEER HUNT UNDER THE NEW RULES.   

#430-Lighter weight Leman reproduction by DOC, with 15/16 octagon GreenRiverRifleWorks barrel in 45 caliber