#671- Early English doglock fowler by Cookson in 12 gauge, ca. 1700 or so. Tapered octagon-round barrel by Colerain, Dutch influenced brass furniture and stock design, nice close grained walnut with a little striping and great grain structure, many early features. It's a great turkey gun. This meant to be a hunting gun, so it has  a Colonial brand  inter-changable thin-wall choke installed, so you can shoot either tight shot patterns or solid ball by changing the choke tube. I like a .690 extra-full for turkey and use a .725 open choke tube for solid ball.  POR

#603- BARELY USED (6 SHOTS) French Fusil de Chasse, C grade, 20 bore with 40 inch octagon to round barrel, gorgeous AAA maple stock with fierce tiger stripe (not really visible right now because of my not so good photography), all fancy brass furniture. Made for shooting ball but can handle shot as well. It comes with Colonial brand interchangable chokes, a .615 for ball and a .580 super-full for turkey. Very graceful, well balanced and quick in the hand, much lighter than you would think. The French were in the forefront of arms design as early as the late 1600's. This design surfaced in the 1700's and was imported by the shipload. It was a favorite on the Eastern frontier. The gun is available now.  POR Make me an offer I can't resist. 

READ DOC'S STORY OF THE HUNT USING THIS FOWLER 'THE DUMBEST TURKEY IN THE WORLD'

#624 Doc built English Sporting RIfle 451 caliber, used but in great condition. Douglas 451 barrel in perfect condition, mountedin Red English finished laminate  straight gripped stock with inch thick butt pad. Traditional flat springed percussion lock with heavy but handsome Manton style percussion breech. Very accurate, capable of long range shooting. DST can be finely tuned. Best load is 70 grains Pyrodex-P and a 460 grain White or No Excuse slip-fit bullet. I watched this rifle take down a good sized sheep at 125 yards one day. The critter went over like a tree and hardly wiggled. This is a great hunting rifle capable of target work. $800 OBO

This rifle started life years ago as a prototype for White Systems, but never was accepted so never came into production. As such, it is one of a kind. It came back into my hands through a trade up to a more expensive fancy rifle. More pics are available under 'custom traditional' above

#625  Doc designed and built in-line Double Rifle, 504 caliber, regulated for 600 grain Slip-Fit bullets, previously owned, has been to Africa twice, has taken the bigger plains game and buffalo. Actions are in-line, very similar to the Doc-designed Whitetail and M97 rifles. Sights are on the money at 50 yards with bullets from both barrels grouping together. Best load is 120 gr PyorodexP with 600 grain White or No Excuse slip-fit bullet. It was traded back in on a finer rifle.

A fuller description and more photos can be found under 'custom traditional' above. POR OBO

#579- Very fancy Jaeger rifle by DOC, repro of an elegant one by Paul Poser, 31 inch swamped 58 caliber barrel by Colerain, Elegant chisled flintlock, handmade by DOC, elegant AAAA European walnut, DST, chisled brass furniture including brass insert in the patchbox lid, elegant carving and engraving. This is a beauty!! POR There are much better photos of the gun under CUSTOM TRADITIONAL above. POR OBO

#597 Doc built lighter LEFT HAND Hawken rifle, plain but extremely sturdy maple stock, Green Mountain 50 caliber octagon barrel one inch across the flats and 32 inches long. rifles with 1-66 twist for patched round ball. All iron furniture except silver fore-stock ovals, (not there yet in the lower photo) and silver nose-cap. There are no known antique left handed Hawken rifles, but this one is as close as you can get with a repro. POR

Pull is 14.4 inches, for the taller among you left-handers out there. Weight a bit heavier than the other two light Hawkens illustrated, because of the solid wood. All parts are top quality, nothing better available on the market.  For sale OBO as is, in the white, or finished, later.

The styling is classic with all the expected Hawken features like: long bar DST attached with double bolts to a long tang full length of the wrist, double keys with silver surrounds, double steel ramrod ferrules, Modena type rear sight with silver front in brass base, scroll iron trigger guard, beaver-tail cheek-peice in front of curved iron Hawken style butt-plate.  It does make a handsome and elegantly functional rifle. 

#598 Lighter Hawken percussion half stock rifle by DOC. Plain Plus walnut stock. Green Mountain barrel in 50 caliber, 1" diameter, 32" long, 1-66 twist for patched round ball. Absolutely traditional in every way. 14 inch pull. All iron furniture. Silver trim. All the Hawken features you have come to expect, like double bolted wrist, long bar DST which fires set or unset, long tang, double keys in silver surrounds, stout 7/16th inch ramrod, double ferrules on soldered rib, silver nose cap. Barrel and most furniture  browned, lock  finished antique blue, barrel will be marked 'Hawken- St. Louis', my GBW cipher will be found on the bottom of the barrel. For sale as is, or finished, later.  POR

#599 Sporty Hawken rifle by Doc in 54 caliber with fancy AAA tiger striped maple stock, Green Mountain barrel 1" diameter X 32" long, 1-66 twist for patched round ball. Iron furniture with silver trim,  trigger guard has the occasionally seen spur.  14 inch pull.  Hawken features  like double bolted wrist, long bar DST which fires set or unset, long tang, double keys in silver surrounds, stout 7/16th inch ramrod, double ferrules on soldered rib, silver nose cap. Barrel and most furniture will be browned, lock will be finished antique blue, barrel will be marked Hawken- St. Louis, my GBW cipher will be found on the bottom of the barrel. Absolutely traditional in every way. For sale as is, or finished, later.  Classic Hawken features throughout. POR

#600 Bridger Hawken 58 caliber by  DOC, AAA maple stock, tapered Kelly barrel 32 inches long  with 1-72 twist for patched round ball , Classic Hawken conformation withy all the minor details exactly right, copies the Hawken that belonged to Bridger now in the collection of the Montana State Historical Society, Doc designed the master for the stock carving during his GRRW years. All iron furniture including fore-end cap, silver trim, adjustable step rear sight, long bar DST double bolted to tang, this is as close a copy of the original Bridger rifle as there is available. Available as is, or finished, later.  POR 

#621 Early Fullstock Percussion Hawken rifle, 50 caliber, one inch octagon GreenMountain barrel 40 inches long, great-grained but plainer walnut fullstock, traditional engraved flat spring lock signed J&S Hawken, double-bolted long tang, Hawken percussion breech with flat-to-the-wrist trigger guard mounted on long DST bar. Traditional in every sense of the word.  The walnut needs to be sanded and oiled and the iron needs browning, but its for sale as it is, or later, finished. POR OBO. Watch for more pics as it progresses.

The the furniture is iron except the German silver key surrounds. There are three flat keys. The DST fires set or unset.  The sights are a Modena style rear and G. silver blade front on a brass base. The only thing missing is the iron Modena style patchbox. Watch for it to appear as the gun finishes up. This will make a superb hunting rifle.

#623 Gemmer-Springfield trapdoor rifle in 40-65 caliber built on 1869 marked black powder only action with new octagon 40-65 barrel by Kelly. AAA grade Bridger Hawken style stock with iron furniture and silver trim. You can see that the hammer nose needs some forge work. . More photos to follow as the rifle makes progress.

After Jake Hawken died of the Cholera and Sam eventually retired, their shop was purchased by Gemmer, who continued making rifles in the Hawken tradition. When cartridge guns came to dominate the frontier, he added  custom rifles, like the reproduction illustrated below, with distinctly Hawken features. There are only a few known. An original will cost you a fortune.

More photos are available in 'Custom-Traditional" above