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'Original impetus was for a .40 cal. long barreled rifle with a set trigger for casual offhand target shooting. My choices, in no particular order would have been Verner, Armstrong and Berry but I've gotten old enough to grudgingly admit to myself that I'd never pull off the level of engraving that I could live with. So, once again, I fell back on basically a fowler with a rifled bbl. Being from NY's Mid Hudson Valley meant that would be a fowler from my home region. I chose the colonial English fowlers using all of those in Grinslade's book in that section a few of which are attributed to NYC area etc. I of course zeroed in on those showing the mix of both Dutch and English traits. 11 of those 24 guns showed 14 examples of Dutch hardware being used/re-used, but only 2 showed carving/moulding that could be construed as Dutch. Also, in the dates of those examples from 1740-1790 it's apparent that by the end of the genre the moldings around the furniture has disappeared. Since I used Kibler's Late Ketland (early 19c) I opted for a very plain format. The tang molding and wrist inlay shouldn't even be there, I just wanted them. The bbl. is a Rice A wght. Allentown profile in .40, and a Hollenbough single set trigger. All the furniture is leftovers from 'under the bench'. At any rate, now that I've given more info. than needed and no doubt have blood running from your eye sockets. Here's this so-called 'Rifle'. View attachment 20241009_124021.jpgView attachment 20241009_124107.jpgView attachment 20241009_124315.jpgView attachment 20241228_150330.jpg
