Steven,
The trapdoor was well done in the style of Hawkin/Gemmer and looked like a plains rifle with walnut stock and a patch box. The gun had been "aged" to look old but I could see no name nor your gold mark on it and the owner said it was not marked. Not sure why he thought that you had made it, maybe just a sales gimmick.
Dan
It is a mystery to me why anyone would associate my name with a gun that I didn't build? That is why all of my custom jobs have carried my hallmark since the beginning. If it isn't hallmarked, I didn't build it, it's that simple. I've only used three different hallmarks, two with ML guns.
That doesn't mean all the guns I've worked on are so marked, but I never stocked nor barreled a trapdoor… Nor have I ever spuriously "aged" a gun.
You have a very fine Krag collection and I'm happy that you managed to acquire some of Mark's pieces and are proud of it as you should be. Custom Krags have always been a favorite of mine.
