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    Mystery 10 gauge single barrel "fowler"

    Thanks for the additional info. I will leave the stock as it is. In my view wood looks best with its natural grain showing. Also, I'm faced with the problem of reattaching the ramrod rail, finding appropriate tenons, and fabricating a new ramrod. I don't think the "loose breech" will be any...
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    Mystery 10 gauge single barrel "fowler"

    Thanks for the info about "traders." When was this "trade" and was it throughout the English colonies or just South Africa? What did the stock originally look like?
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    Mystery 10 gauge single barrel "fowler"

    This 10 gauge blackpowder "fowler" has no maker's marks on either the inside or outside - except two English proofmarks. Overall length is 49.5 inches, barrel is 33 inches. It takes down easily, and most interesting, the breech easily unscrews from the barrel for cleaning. When the barrel alone...
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    Help identify Pennsylvania "pea" rifle

    To all: reposted photos to: www.nyx.net/~wboas/pearifle.html
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    Help identify Pennsylvania "pea" rifle

    Thanks for your post. I will repost the page with the photos. I took it down thinking the issue was settled, but you have opened the matter up again. I appreciate that, and suspect therefore that you are right. Perhaps there's markings on the underneath of the barrel, but frankly I'm happy to...
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    Help identify Pennsylvania "pea" rifle

    No, I have not fired it yet. I need to "dress" the flint a bit, I think. I have never fired a flintlock . . . Thanks to the other poster who provided the link to "Pa Keeler" I had seen the article by Dennis Nealy and have also been in touch with him via e-mail about Keeler. I would have liked...
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    Help identify Pennsylvania "pea" rifle

    Removal of the lock revealed the name "Roy Keeler" and presumably this is Roy Keeler of Michigan blackpowder fame. The rifle dates probably dates from 1950-1960s period. Thanks for all who looked and replied.
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    Help identify Pennsylvania "pea" rifle

    No, I have not tried to take it apart just yet.
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    Help identify Pennsylvania "pea" rifle

    Folks, I recently acquired what I'm sure is a "modern" 32 cal. long rifle with absolutely no visible marking anywhere. I have not yet disassembled it to search further. When I say "modern" I mean post 1900, of course. ;-) I posted a webpage with photos at: www.nyx.net/~wboas/pearifle.html for...
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    Plains percussion rifle - unknown maker

    You're right. No need to replace the lock unless it fails. You said you had four CVA Mountain rifles. How many grooves in the barrels of those??
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    Plains percussion rifle - unknown maker

    Many thanks to everyone who replied to my query. It appears from what has been revealed here and some other searching that it is most likely a kit gun from Dear Creek. Nothing has been filed off the barrel on this rifle, and the absence of "CVA" marks of any kind leads me to go along with the...
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    Plains percussion rifle - unknown maker

    New member here, and to black powder arms. Recently acquired a "Hawken-style" percussion plains rifle with a 32" octagonal barrel that's 15/16ths across the flats, with 8 grooves and lands. First thought it was a CVA Mountain Rifle, now not sure because there are no manufacturers, origin, or...
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