Hot off the press, Smooth Rifled Fowler

[Juniata]

Smooth rifled fowler...
I'm sure everyone will have their own opinion and I'm not sure what I'm going to call it yet, my smooth rifle, or my fowler.
I didn't follow any one particular builder or school. I just built what would please my eye.
Something I can shoot roundball or shot out of.

A few weeks ago I shaped a stock off a big butt Lancaster pattern at Jack's Mountain stock company. The way it worked out, I had the time (my wife may argue) to get the gun built in 3 weeks time.
Thanks again Jim K for picking up my lock at Kempton

Anyhow I used the Lancaster profile as I said, but used track's fowler butt plate, trigger guard, and an early ketland lock then shaped the gun to accommodate.
I built the gun to hunt turkeys with so I put a rear sight on it. I was not going without.

This is the barrel I won by Bobby Hoyt at our May 2day shoot. I can explain the modern choke design in a video. I'll post the link.

Before turkeys next spring, I'm planning to blast a few bushy tails once the season starts this Saturday.

Thanks for looking

 

[Juniata]

 

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[Juniata]

This is a video link to the barrel

 

[Jim K]

Came out great Brian. Time for us to go squirrel hunting!

 

[Thingamajiggy]

She's a beauty! Nicely done.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Too cool. Looks great!

 

[Dutch7]

I built a smooth rifle for the same purpose with a Dickert flare. Mine looks like a rifle, yours looks like a fowler - I call mine a smoothie
Wives never understand the urgency of important things…

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Nice work!

Zowie, that’s one heckova looooong front sight blade!

 

[jimairwin]

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Nice gun. But "smooth rifle" is an oxymoron terminology.

 

[tenngun]

Nice gun. But "smooth rifle" is an oxymoron terminology.

So is juvenile delinquent
A smooth rifle is a gun on a rifle stock, a term used in colonial days.
I would call this a colonial Fowling gun, as it has fowler type trigger guard, and fowler though Pennsylvania style butt, it’s doesn’t look like a contemporary rifle
My smooth rifle built off an I Hines plan
Rifle in all but inside of the barrel and too heavy to be a handy Fowling piece

 

[Juniata]

Nice work!

Zowie, that’s one heckova looooong front sight blade!

About an inch long yes. It is was just a piece of sheet brass I soldered on

 

[Packrat]

Wouls not a Smooth Rifle have a rear sight vs a Fowler? Asking for a friend

 

[Juniata]

Wouls not a Smooth Rifle have a rear sight vs a Fowler? Asking for a friend

Hence why I don't know what to call it.
Everything on it looks like a fowler but it has a Lancaster profile which I rounded, and a rear sight

 

[Flintleather]

The Chambers Early Ketland is a wonderful lock!

 

[Flintandsteel]

Juniata,
Looks like you’ve been hanging out with Al Martin.!

 

[Kevin]

That sure enough is nice. It looks comfortable.
Love your videos.