Art Gallery :: Flintlocks, Muskets and Pistols:


Note: I only make one-of-a-kind items. No two pieces are identical. I can custom make a piece for you from a drawing, a book, or a variation of a piece on my site. I may be reached via email at toddbitler@yahoo.com.


New England Fowler:
New England Fowler

Smooth Bore New England Fowler
Fowler
A completely hand-made 1750's Style New England Fowler:
  • A 54" hand-turned round barrel, 59 caliber
  • Cherry stock, hand-formed and inletted
  • Handmade Baroque dragon side plate of brass
  • A reworked "Chambers Colonial Virginia" lock to resemble an early banana shaped Dutch style lock
  • Spear-pointed brass trigger guard engraved with a Dutch tulip motif
  • Hand-hammered butt plate from brass in fancy decorative form and complementary engraving
  • Floral tang carving with engraved sterling silver wrist escutcheon bordered with scrolled silver wire
  • Other handmade features include ramrod, brass ramrod pipes, silver blade front site and scrolled trigger
  • Stained dark and rubbed back to resemble wear
SOLD

Please contact me for a custom request.

1723 Prussian Officer's Carbine:
Prussian Officer's Carbine

Prussian Officer's Carbine
Prussian Officer's Carbine Prussian Officer's Carbine
A hand-made replica of an original 1723 Prussian Officer's Carbine
  • American black walnut stock, hand carved and inletted
  • Hand-turned 59 caliber barrel aged to resemble a Spanish damascus twist finished off with a brass blade front site
  • Re-worked a "Chambers Early Ketland" lock and banana-shaped it to replicate a Prussian lock
  • Butt plate, side plate, wrist escutcheon and trigger guard all custom made
  • Gun is finished with traditional stain and lightly aged
  • Early woven sholder strap aged to resemble centuries of use
This gun is currently not for sale as it's my own personal gun. However, you may contact me to make a similar piece.

Queen Anne Screw Barrel Pistol Queen Anne Screw Barrel Pistol
  • Cannon-tipped barrel engraved with a floral motif
  • Custom side plate and trigger guard
  • Barrel cut, threaded and tapped like an original
  • Bone diamond-shaped escutcheon outlined with silver wire inlay
  • Brass grotesque butt-cap
SOLD

Please contact me for a custom request.

First Model Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
  • 1742 Dragoon carbine
  • 42" barrell, 75 cal.
  • Private contractor, engraved Green on tail of lock
  • Indianized butt stock
  • Five silver triangles, trade beads, kill record on wrist
  • Antler nose cap with scrimshawed sun design attached with copper pin
  • Osage orange wooden ramrod
  • Traditional stain and finish
SOLD

Please contact me for a custom request.

If you're interested in something, please contact me at: toddbitler@yahoo.com
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