RIFLED FUSIL

[Mike Brooks]

Figure 61, "the Chapin gun" Now here's a really cool gun. Looks 100% legit to me. How could a gun get any cooler than this?
"Figure 62 " A colonial gun with reworked french furniture" doesn't have french furniture at all, but is a product of a colonial american. Pretty typical new england piece probably made during the rev war or after.
Figure 63 "The Fox gun" I wouldn't be surprise if this is the original configuration. Probably made 1740 - 1750's.
Figure 64 " A rifle with type C_D furniture" Cool gun...Colonial restock probably made during or after the F&I war , but before or during the rev war. Military service for sure with those swivels....
Figure 66 "the gostomski gun" Colonial restock....why you ask?...crude craftsman ship and a mix of english and continental euro parts. The buttplate looks to have had it's finial cliped back , the thumb piece is nailed on, and the trigger guard is crudly screwed on. The lock panel archetecture in view C leads me to believe this was stocked up rather late, maybe around or after 1800.
Figure 67 "the Davis gun" Restocked type "D". Probably restocked 1790 or later judging from the lock that was used.
Figure 68 'the duncan fowler" Typical export quality english fowler. This is what export quality fowlers looked like 1750-1760's. Original configuration, and quite cool.

These are just my opinions about these guns. If I was able to examine them in person I may change my mind about them.

 

Yep! That Chapin is a cool piece. The Duncan is one of my favorites as well.

:thumbsup:

 

[Slamfire]

You could certainly tell the story of how you busted the stock of your Pennsylvania rifle on the hard head of a French soldier, and confiscated his musket. Because it didn't shoot were you were lookin', you merged your barrel with his stock. :grin: If the parts were kinda authentic, even a juror couldn't say it wasn't possible. He might not allow it, :nono: but then again, maybe he would. :winking:

 

Thanks for the additional info Henry. What is your take on the rifled french guns in Hamilton's Colonial Frontier Guns? Are these rich folks rifles that somehow made it to the americas? Evidently they are an anomaly but they evidently do exist. What do you think?

Could you say which page the rifles are on? I can't find any mention of rifled arms in Hamiltons book.

Nevermind, I spoke too soon.