My interpratation of a possible "early" or F&I war gun. I used mainly European styled mounts, archetecture and decoration. The barrel is a rifled .69 caliber swamped 44" with a 1 1/4" breech. The barrel is decorated at the breech with some very germanic styled engraving as well as some "folksy" carictures bracketing my signature and location. There is a stylized bird at either end of the signature and a boars head surrounded by a hunting horn. The front sight is copper and "clenched" into the barrel. The lock is a German export styled lock and large and single bridled as was the norm in the early period. The side plate is French from a trade gun, I perposely chose it as it doesn't quit flow with the side panel and shows that it was reused from an earlier gun. The trigger guard and triggers are very Germanic in style. The butt plate is large, 5" X 2 1/4"and has a stepped finial. The sliding wood box cover is made with out a rear plate. The rear pipe is made in the Dutch fashion. The stock is a piece of stump maple, with intense curl in the buttstock and nearly plain for the balance of the stock. There is a patch on the lower forestock that covers a large bark inclusion. The stock is stylisticly slightly plump with a very Germanic cheek piece and a simple volute coming from the rear of the cheek piece.. The carving at the comb is very Dutch in style. The forestock has upper and lower forestock moldings which I feel gives a nice early appearance. The carving at the barrel tang and rear ram rod pipe is vagely shell like and relates to no particular school or location.
The barrel is by Bob Hoyt, the lock is a Davis Colonial lock. The trigger guard is a local casting of a casting of a casting originating with Reeves Goehring. The buttplate is also cast locally from one of my own pattern pieces.
Copy and photos supplied by Mike Brooks.
Beautifully done!
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