20 ga. Colonial American Fowler SOLD

20 ga. Colonial American Fowler built by Jack Cook.  This fowler is a Lancaster County Pennsylvania style fowling piece from the 1760-1780 time period. It is based largely on a surviving example believed to have been made by John Newcomer in, Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. One of the most unique and pleasing features of the American Fowler is the resulting overall architecture that occurs from the blending of the Germanic and English traditions of gun making.  This cultural blending produces a hybrid fowling piece that is slender and graceful yet also exhibits the strong and sturdy construction of the Germanic gun making tradition.  It features a Large Siler lock from Jim Chamber Flintlocks Ltd. and a 42″ octagon to round smoothbore barrel from Colerain Barrel Co.  It is stocked in a nice piece of Curly Maple and features hand engraved brass mounts.  It has an overall length of 57 1/2″ with a trigger pull of 13 5/8″.  This piece remains in Like-New condition and appears to have hardly ever been shot.