S Zihn wants your input

[szihn]

Hi Guys
This is maybe an odd question, but I'd like some input.
I need to know what your "dream gun" would be.
I am trying to get a cross section on what rifles, smooth bores, and pistols are most popular, in different parts of the country.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks
Steve Zihn
:hatsoff:

 

[musketman]

Smoothbore flintlock, the bigger the caliber, the better...

 

[Bountyhunter]

Steve,
Being on the Santa Fe Trail, my rifle has always been a Hawken--a real Hawken--not one a them brass jobbies from italy. My dream gun would be a North West gun.

I do truly admire the fancy work that the craftsmen do here with the Pennsylvania and Virginia rifles with all the carving and inlays, but it just aint me, nor do I see it a part of where I hang out in New Mexico.

Bill

 

[Rebel]

Only one i own and probably will own from now on is a .20 ga smoothbore flinter. N.W Tradegun or nice English fowler, possibly a Franch Fusil.

 

[Robert58]

A Fancy Hawken such as this one.
But with Silver butt plate and trigger guard and ramrod thimbles. Fire blued Lock and Barrell.


[url] http://www.trackofthewolf.com...catId=12&subId=83&styleId=290&partNum=AAC-916[/url]

Robert

 

[szihn]

Musketman, can you be more specific? What style?
Details please.

 

[szihn]

Like this Bountyhunter?
I have done many Hawkens in my time. They are ruggged but still have an elegance to them that most caplock rifles don't have.
I am mostly a flint man, but I do like to make nice Hawkens.
Do you think that Hawkens are more popular down there than other styles of rifles?

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Only one i own and probably will own from now on is a .20 ga smoothbore flinter. N.W Tradegun or nice English fowler, possibly a Franch Fusil.

Ditto, my fusil de chasse gets used more than all my others combined.

 

[Rick Davis]

Steve:

Alas...my dream guns have a tendency to be a few nautical miles beyond where my wallet's anchored. This assures my dream guns will always be just that, dream guns. Maybe finding that tantalizing pistol you dangled in front of us in my stocking Christmas morning. :grin:

Right now I'm gearing up to teach 4th graders about firearms use in colonial Pennsylvania. I'm on the hunt for French & Indian and Revolutionary War items suitable for elementary kids, obviously repros, used repros even better. I must pay aquisition costs out-of-pocket, so that's what's keeping me tied up until after next May.

 

[Rick Davis]

And now, for something completely different:

Parts-source
Owner report

What do you think, Steve? (It's okay to think I'm a little :youcrazy: )

 

[Trot]

A nice early 18th century American fowler.

 

[roundball]

"...a real Hawken..."

You mean a "real Hawken" or a "real copy" ?

 

[Bill Bryan]

Whatever type gun it is it needs to have a flintlock.

 

[Raynor]

N.W. Trade Gun, English Fowler, or French Fusil. I don't care for anything fancy, long as it's a smoothbore flinter.

 

[MikeC]

Steve...At this point in time your building it for me :thumbsup:

Enjoy the Christmas season.

Mike

 

[MikeChapin]

My next build, when I get the parts, will be either a Henry or Deringer trade rifle. I've always liked the looks of them and you can't get more PC for the fur trade era.

 

[szihn]

Oh Cool
A "1760 M-79" :applause:
I have only ever made one of these, and it was not as fancy as this one. I made my pot to hold and fire tennis balls. It belongs to a man in Sheriday Wyoming now.
It was really fun.
:hatsoff:

 

[szihn]

Thank You Mike
You have a Merry Christmas too.
And let me know what your shootingn buddies think of it, when you get it. OK?

 

[kjmillig]

I'm inevitably drawn to the smooth curves of a Fusil de Chasse. Second would be a Fusil Fin, then a Southern Mountain rifle.
Right now I have a half-stock plains percussion rifle that I'll never give up, But a Fusil would get more use in my hands.

 

[arcticap]

It would have to include a mule ear lock... :winking: