chambers english fowler

[fishindoc]

alright now i'm looking at the chambers english fowler- i saw one on mike brooks website and it really caught my eye. a little shorter in length with a 41 inch barrel and 57 inch overall length.If i decide to get it should i get the virginia lock or the round faced english- is there really any difference
joe

 

Doc, both locks perform the same, and are of the highest quality, so it boils down to what is most pleasing to your eye, as it's gonna be your shootin iron. My personal taste is towards the english, just seems to fit the looks of the fowler better.

Bill

 

[fishindoc]

thanks bill that is what I was thinking
joe

 

[PvtC]

The original round faced commercial english trade locks that I have seen are typically engraved with border lines and floral patterns. The Chambers Virginia lock engraved in this fashion would suit me.

 

[fishindoc]

I am builing a hunting gun- nothing fancy- i would like to put iron mountings and such should probably go with the virginia lock since it is simpler.
joe

 

[PvtC]

That will be a lovely and versatile woods running gun. :hatsoff:

 

[hawk]

I have an english round face and like the raised rim on the pan ,it's an early waterproof feature.
It's on my 12 ga wilson style gun with 36" barrel
all steel hardware and I love all 5.5 lbs of it.
:thumbsup:

 

[RiverRat]

I have both of the Chamber's roundface locks and I feel that the raised priming pan would better suit a English gun. If you want the gun to be true to the English style, you might want to get some engraving done on the lock and other hardware. These guns were built in the Mother country and the level of engraving was much more detailed than those built in the colonies. I agree that this gun would make a ideal woods gun.

 

[engravertom]

Anyone have any pictures or references of that type of engraving?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[BCarp]

Anyone have any pictures or references of that type of engraving?

Thanks,

Tom

These pix were posted here some time ago, and I saved them because my plain fowler needs some engraving...!

 

[engravertom]

Thanks!

That gives me some good input.

take care,

Tom