Mike Brooks Custom Muzzleloaders
"Fowlers"
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An English Fowler ca. 1755 . 50" 16ga Getz barrel, Chambers lock set in
English Walnut. The thumb piece and side plate are sterling silver.
English Walnut. The thumb piece and side plate are sterling silver.
A New England Fowler ca. 1760 - 1780 . 44" 20ga Getz barrel, RE Davis
lock set in Cherry. Butt plate was made from sheet brass. Relief carving is
edged in silver and brass wire inlay.
lock set in Cherry. Butt plate was made from sheet brass. Relief carving is
edged in silver and brass wire inlay.
An English Fowler ca. 1760 . 48" 11ga Getz barrel with .035 Jug Choke.
Chambers lock and hardware set in English Walnut. Sterling silver thumb
piece.
Chambers lock and hardware set in English Walnut. Sterling silver thumb
piece.
English Blunderbuss ca. 1755. Brass 18" 11ga barrel. Chambers English
lock, brass mounts, sterling silver side plate and thumb piece and an
English Walnut stock.
lock, brass mounts, sterling silver side plate and thumb piece and an
English Walnut stock.
English Fowler, 46" Hoyt .28 ga barrel. Chambers lock, Sterling silver side
plate and coin silver thumb escution. Brass mounts with early style
checkered wrist on an English walnut stock.
plate and coin silver thumb escution. Brass mounts with early style
checkered wrist on an English walnut stock.
Pre Revolution Pennsylvania Fowler. Colerain 46" .16 bore barrel. Chambers
lock and Goehring mounts set into a black walnut stock.
lock and Goehring mounts set into a black walnut stock.
A left handed Carolina gun. Caywood lock, Hoyt 47 3/8 barrel. English walnut
stock, this gun weighs just under 6 lbs.
stock, this gun weighs just under 6 lbs.
English Fowler, Colerain 42" .12ga barrel with a .015 jug choke. English walnut
stock, all the hardware is from Chambers except the sterling silver thumb piece.
stock, all the hardware is from Chambers except the sterling silver thumb piece.
English Fowler, sports a 47" all round .20 ga Hoyt barrel. Chambers lock and
mounts, set in a quarter sawn English Walnut stock.
mounts, set in a quarter sawn English Walnut stock.
"R.E.Davis French Fowler"
This gun was put together from a R.E.Davis French Fowler kit. It has a
48".20ga Ed Rayl oct/round barrel and all hardware is from Davis. The
engraving was cast in and about half of it on the butt plate had to be recut
by me after fitting it to the stock. I added some carving around the breech
and lock plate areas and around the trigger guard as well. Also full length
upper and lower forestock moulding. The stock is American walnut and the
gun weighs in at 8 3/4 lbs. The weight is mainly in the big 1 3/16" breech
area. It rapidly tapers in both the oct and round sections. It has a very light
muzzle and holds and points well.
This gun was put together from a R.E.Davis French Fowler kit. It has a
48".20ga Ed Rayl oct/round barrel and all hardware is from Davis. The
engraving was cast in and about half of it on the butt plate had to be recut
by me after fitting it to the stock. I added some carving around the breech
and lock plate areas and around the trigger guard as well. Also full length
upper and lower forestock moulding. The stock is American walnut and the
gun weighs in at 8 3/4 lbs. The weight is mainly in the big 1 3/16" breech
area. It rapidly tapers in both the oct and round sections. It has a very light
muzzle and holds and points well.
European Blunderbuss has a 20" 11 bore round barrel made by Ben Coogle.
Davis Germanic lock and a walnut stock.
Davis Germanic lock and a walnut stock.
"Wm. Moore VII Co."
I made this as a restocked Carolina gun restocked in black cherry, I used all
Carolina gun parts excluding the buttplate and thumb piece. I also clipped
the tail on the serpent side plate as it has a new Ketland styled lock secured
with two screws instead of three. This gun has been given a heavy patina but
is sound in every way and fully function and in fact unfired. Carved on the
right buttstock along the toe is "Wm MOORE" above this using brass nails
is the shape of the numeral "7". On the left buttstock along the toe is carved
"VII CO", and just above that are scratched the initials "TM". There are
numerous scratches dents and patina covering the entire stock and all the
metal work representing several years use on the frontier.
42" 20 ga Hoyt barrel, Chambers early Ketland lock, the brass mounts
formed from sheet brass. The trigger pull is 13" and the gun weighs 5 1/2
pounds.
I made this as a restocked Carolina gun restocked in black cherry, I used all
Carolina gun parts excluding the buttplate and thumb piece. I also clipped
the tail on the serpent side plate as it has a new Ketland styled lock secured
with two screws instead of three. This gun has been given a heavy patina but
is sound in every way and fully function and in fact unfired. Carved on the
right buttstock along the toe is "Wm MOORE" above this using brass nails
is the shape of the numeral "7". On the left buttstock along the toe is carved
"VII CO", and just above that are scratched the initials "TM". There are
numerous scratches dents and patina covering the entire stock and all the
metal work representing several years use on the frontier.
42" 20 ga Hoyt barrel, Chambers early Ketland lock, the brass mounts
formed from sheet brass. The trigger pull is 13" and the gun weighs 5 1/2
pounds.
"English Fowler"
Curly Cherry stocked fowler. Getz 44" .20 ga barrel, L&R lock with brass
mount.
Curly Cherry stocked fowler. Getz 44" .20 ga barrel, L&R lock with brass
mount.
One of my Fowler kits that was partially assembeled at the Conner Prairie work shop
last fall. I finished it for the owner. It has a 44" Colerain 16 bore barrel, brass
Chambers English lock and Chambers brass mounts. The stock is a piece of
outstanding black walnut. The gun weighs in at 7 1/2 lb's.
last fall. I finished it for the owner. It has a 44" Colerain 16 bore barrel, brass
Chambers English lock and Chambers brass mounts. The stock is a piece of
outstanding black walnut. The gun weighs in at 7 1/2 lb's.
A Carolina gun, I assembled this gun from one of my Carolina gun kits. It
has a 47 3/8" .20 ga barrel by Hoyt and a R.E.Davis lock. The stock on this
one is an OUTSTANDING piece of Black Walnut, loads of color from one
end to the other and some curl in the butt stock. This gun weighs in at 6 lb's
2 oz with a 13" trigger pull.
These guns were traded to the Indians by the British in the south and south
eastern colonies from around 1720 to the 1770's
has a 47 3/8" .20 ga barrel by Hoyt and a R.E.Davis lock. The stock on this
one is an OUTSTANDING piece of Black Walnut, loads of color from one
end to the other and some curl in the butt stock. This gun weighs in at 6 lb's
2 oz with a 13" trigger pull.
These guns were traded to the Indians by the British in the south and south
eastern colonies from around 1720 to the 1770's