Builders

[SquirrelsaurusR]

What professional gun builders have you had build a matchlock, wheellock, or other old gonne for you? Ron Curley in England is working on a matchlock musket for me.

 

[arilar]

S.Rex:
One of my favourite builders and musket. Magnus Wiberg,Sweden, www.musketandrifle.nu, and the 1620 Swedish matchlockmusket.Check it out! :redthumb:
ARILAR

 

[Teleoceras]

Squirrelsarus Rex:

What professional gun builders have you had build a matchlock, wheellock, or other old gonne for you? Ron Curley in England is working on a matchlock musket for me.

Of my gals built and being built:

John Buck: 1 Matchlock Musket, 1 Serpentine Lock Arquebus

Leonard Day: 1 Snaphaunce Musket, 1 Wheellock Arquebus,
rebuilt lock on Dutch Wheellock Colonial Gun(botched by Loyalist Arms :curse

Eric Kettenburg: 1 Matchlock Musket, 1 Serpentine Lock Handgonne

Jurgen Kreckle: 1 Matchlock Musket

Fred "Graywolf" Miller: 6 Handgonnes

Historic Enterprises: 1 Matchlock Arquebus

Woowhee, that is a sizeable number! :shocking: ::

 

[Chuck Thom]

1 matchlock smoothbore by Steve Krolick very fancy

 

[SquirrelsaurusR]

1 matchlock smoothbore by Steve Krolick very fancy

Does he have a website? I'd like to see his work.

 

[cable]

Leonard Day is building a .62 cal rifled wheelock for me.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Thanks Arilar, I'd lost Magnus' site since it'd been taken over by another group. It's nice to be able to access it again. He's a great guy to talk to. He does some really interesting work and all from scratch...pretty impressive. Thanks again.

 

[Chuck Thom]

No website but I garantee if get a gun from him you will love it..his address is Steve Krolick 1326 S. 107th St. West Allis , wis. 53214 he is not a full time builder but does quality work... Chuck

 

[Gary]

Never had one built but I've seen the work of Dale Shinn of Sacramento, CA. He makes his own locks for his wheellocks. Geez.

 

[benvenuto]

does steve krolick have a website?
I just found this neat looking gun of his on TOTW
1660's era English Club Butt Doglock Musket

 

I really like that look. Now if I could only find the funds and a builder to make me one.

Just :m2c:

 

[Teleoceras]

Claypipe:

I really like that look. Now if I could only find the funds and a builder to make me one.

Just :m2c:

I had seen and handled such a gun at Dixon's last month. It was built by Leonard Day and being sold for $825.

I can tell you that it was a very well made and superbly balanced arm. :imo:

:m2c:

 

[John Tice]

I have an English lock on a fan-tail stock built by Leonard Day. I think his work is excellent and worth the price. He really knows the early guns.

 

[benvenuto]

hey claypipe,
maybe someone had the idea before me (and I just haven't found it yet) but could we start a directory of pre-flintlock makers here, with contact details and some examples of work? Time and again makers who don't have their own websites get mentioned (because they are busy making guns!!!) and I think we would be providing them and us with a service

 

If you compile a list, I will take a look at it and make it permanent.

 

[benvenuto]

great
everyone keep posting!

 

I don't know how many pre-flint guns he's done, but I've seen photographs of a wheellock pistol that D. Taylor Sapergia built that was incredible. He is a regular over on ALR, and is definitely a top-notch builder. Amazing craftsmanship.

 

[Light Dragoon]

I have a Dale Shinn wheellock "puffer", a matchlock caliver, a matchlock bastard musket, and a early flint carbine, another puffer and a wheellock carbine on order... Dale mades wonderful stuff!

Here are some things of mine that he made. The bastard musket, one of the puffers, the dagger, and two flasks (one a combination spanner/primer)are mine. The lower puffer belongs to a friend:

Cheers,

Gordon

 

[benvenuto]

I googled dale shinn and got this interesting comparison of three replica matchlocks
Contact: Dale Shinn, (Capt Jaymes Shinn)
P.O. Box 60554, Sacramento, California, 95821
PH. (916) 488-4244,
FAX (916) 488-8239
E-mail dgshinn at[url] earthlink.net[/url]

 

Keep it coming, be sure to check out the new permanent post for builder contacts I just put up.

Just :m2c: