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    E ROBBINS NEW YORK Dbl Bbl Shotgun

    Twiceboom and twobarrel, From what I'm learning you guys are pretty close. I've learned that there were three E Robbins merchants doing business in New York around the time of this gun. None were gun makers, but all dealt with firearms as dealers and importers. Your opinions are helpful, save me...
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    E ROBBINS NEW YORK Dbl Bbl Shotgun

    Possible, twobarrel, but the fact that an American name is on a,say, English or Belgian laminated barrel is no indication of where the gun was made, since all of our finest shotgun makers in the day used laminated barrels from both of those countries. Very, very few laminated barrels were made...
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    E ROBBINS NEW YORK Dbl Bbl Shotgun

    I bought an E ROBBINS NEW YORK, 28Ga muzzleloading Shotgun at auction a couple of years ago, I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with the name. I'm considering whether or not to send it off for restoration. Except for the ram rod, it's 100% original with all it's parts. When I got it the stock...
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    Wooden Under Rib

    How is a wood under rib secured to a round barreled, halfstock shotgun? I've never seen one in the flesh, only photos on the web. I'm thinking of trying it, and my best guess is soldering on underlugs which are small enough to inlet flush into the rib and pin it to the barrel. My guess on the...
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    Thanks, Jerry.
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    Thanks, medic, I have what I'm looking for, for this project, but for another one, I'm sure it will take a custom maker like him to do. Long Fowler smooth bores, tapered or swamped, are easy to find, but something for a single barrel shotgun are just not popular enough to commercially produce, I...
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    Octagon, to 16 Flats, to Wedding Band, then Round....

    Gizamo, I just came across your 7/23/10 "Octagon, to 16 Flats, to Wedding Band, then Round...." post. What a nice gun. And, great quality photos, too. Would it be too much to ask for some pictures of the lock area on both sides? Looks like it has a patent breech. Is it hooked or solid? I'd also...
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    Paul, I will, thanks for the tip. By the way, that's a great site. I have some interest in underhammers although I've never pursued it. I do have a Hopkins And Allen that has been seriously neglected and rusted big time. The wood is great, the barrel totally rusted out, the action might be...
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    Swampy, I've thought of that, too, and that is an option. I'm even giving that a little more thought, because Colraine, who I thought I might end up with, doesn't seem to have a great following by some of the threads I've read, to put it lightly. Jack
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    Oldnamvet, Rayl's is too long and swamped. I do find plenty of those. Seems like they cater only to Fowler builders. Guess there's just not enough call for what I'm looking for. Jack
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    odd fellow, the closest Track has is a two band, one inch, 20 Ga. If I don't find what I'm looking for that just might have to do. Jack
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    Need A Shotgun Barrel

    Need a little help, please. I've been searching for a commercial source for a smooth bore barrel for a shotgun project. What I'm looking for is a tapered round or octagon to round barrel at least 36 inches long, one inch to about one and a quarter at the breech, I'd like 12 gauge, but can settle...
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    Learning to Engrave

    Mike Brines, Google Ngraver and see if that's more what you're looking for price wise. Like you I'm a hobbyist and can't afford a $3000 outfit. The Ngraver is about a sixth of that. The pros will rightly say it's not suitable for them, but, hey, it's fine for guys like us. Jack
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    Learning to Engrave

    Thanks Mike, I've been here quite awhile but just lurking.
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    building a GPR kit ?'s

    jeb, probably the best book on the Hawkin rifle is "Hawkin Rifles The Mountain Man's Choice" by John D. Baird. First printing was in 1968. At the time, his book was the definitive work on the Hawkin Rifle, maybe still is, I don't know. In reference to the rifles of the St. Louis period, Baird...
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    Learning to Engrave

    Mike, try this web site and see if this power system is more in your price range: http://www.ngraver.com/
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