Terry,
Well you and I have handled both 1 & 3, I would someday like to play with 2 maybe if I go to Reno next year the owner will bring it along.
A good idea, I’ve been working my through both Dutcher (Ballard) and Hamilton & Rowe (American percussion Schuetzen) looking for clues.
I am comfortable saying that the same person did all the work on all three guns. Somewhere someone took an interest in him and published an article or pictures of his work. He would have had to make a lot of guns to achieve the level we see in these three rifles. This post is with the hopes that some engraver or wood carver can at least recognize who his teacher was.
