Got a jake this morning

[rich pierce]

Turkeys have been scarce here this spring. Finally got a jake this morning using my newly built club butt fowler with a 20 ga Colerain turkey choke barrel.

 

[jarentz]

Congratulation, nice looking gun and turkey.

 

[ETipp]

Congrats on a fine bird.

 

[Tom Breig]

Good job, nice looking gun as well

 

[Dutch7]

Well done, I believe the nose cap is longer than the beard on that bird!

 

[pilot]

Nice!

 

[Brokennock]

Well done, congratulations.
Good eats.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Mighty fine sir, mighty fine.

 

[2 shots]

iv seen plenty of turkeys ... butt [] not many guns like that, can we see more of it and some details??

 

[rich pierce]

Well done, I believe the nose cap is longer than the beard on that bird!

It’s close! Beard was 5.25”. The nosecaps on several related club butt fowlers are unusual and are pinned to the front underlug. The nosecap must be removed to remove the barrel. Tricky to form but when done right it snaps into place firmly.

 

[TransYank]

Nice job and Pretty gun

 

[rich pierce]

iv seen plenty of turkeys ... butt [] not many guns like that, can we see more of it and some details??

It’s based on 2 New England fowlers in Grinslade’s book on colonial fowlers. These have symmetrical double cheekpieces and unique carving resembling nautilus shells. Barrel- 39”, 20 ga Colerain turkey choke. Lock was assembled from The Rifle Shoppe castings of a Wilson English lock. I formed the buttplate of sheet brass, made side plate with silver wing inlays, trigger, thimbles, front sight,

and nosecap which is pinned to the front underlug.

 

[Justin.44]

Well done friend!

 

[Patocazador]

I see you're using your own chert flints. Do you still sell them?

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Very nice!

 

[Percy]

Well done. Nice bird and a very nice fowler.

 

[CuNosecap]

Rich, thanks for posting this thread and your build thread. I find it so interesting and pleasing to see diversity over the usual woodsrunners, and soon to be deluge of machine made fowlers. (No slight intended, just an observation).

 

[Blackpowderart]

Agreed it is nice to see a custom piece, it beautiful... but the "machined" woods runners and fowlers are only common here and for good reason. When you take one a field it's not common anymore. Most
Folks have never even seen one, much less hunt with it. We are a conglomerate of like minded folks. We are going to see a lot of the same things with slight variation. It's nice to see the rarity in this piece, but it takes much more skill to do successfully and that's why most folks don't, or can't. Nothing wrong with either.

 

[rich pierce]

I see you're using your own chert flints. Do you still sell them?

Nope, I lost the spark!

 

[RedOneFive]

Great work, purdy piece too!