Take a good look at Caywood Arms, they make some really nice stuff and you can buy kits, guns in the white and finished. Your price range is what a gun in the white would run.
Turtle
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> >
> >Ok list here is the question I need help with. I now have $850 to spend on
> >a smooth Bore. What should I buy? I do about 8 rowdy's a year and dress in
> >the 1835 to 1840 era style dress. What should I buy that would be period
> >correct and were to get it? What about a Brown Bess Or Harper's Ferry. I
> >need Some help here because I would like to have it in less than 30 days.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Lone-Wolf
> >
> >
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 12:07:56 +0000
From: jlynch@bcm.tmc.edu
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: Smooth Bore
Lone-Wolf,
i could not be happier with my smoothey custom built by jackie brown.
it's a northwest trade gun style with serpentine sideplate, queen anne
lock, 20 gauge octagon to round hand forged 42" barrel, premium curly
maple stock with brass trigger guard and butt plate. it's outshot many a
smoothey and rifled alike. i hunt everything with it from deer to
turkey. in my opinion there is no other gun. historically, by far, the
most common gun on the frontier. the best part is the price, they run
around $650. it would sure be worth your time giving him a call, his
phone number's on his web site.
http://www.moad.com/jbrown/
bill
Lone-Wolf wrote:
> Ok list here is the question I need help with. I now have $850 to spend on
> a smooth Bore. What should I buy? I do about 8 rowdy's a year and dress in
> the 1835 to 1840 era style dress. What should I buy that would be period
> correct and were to get it? What about a Brown Bess Or Harper's Ferry. I
> need Some help here because I would like to have it in less than 30 days.
> Thanks in advance.
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:36:10 -0600
From: David & Evelyn Mullen <dmullen@jemez.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Fwd: Fw:
Mr. Pickert,
What does this have to do with the fur trade? You should be ashamed for
subjecting your fellow list members to this kind of spam.
When Charley Hanson was still at the museum in Chardon, we had this talk about rear sights many times. I was interested as I have several originals, one pre-1813 Sutherland tradegun has a rear sight that is part of the barrel, not dovetailed or sweat on. It is a piece of the barrel that has been turned up from the top flat of the barrel, cleaned up and notched.
According to Hanson he had never found any doc. that showed manufactures supplying or being ordered to supply rear sites, and felt that these rear sighted guns were done after leaving the factory by company gunsmiths, blacksmiths, etc. (company meaning HBC,NWC, etc. or a trader or supplier).
Over the years with all the baloney we have heard about this, many of the bigger events and associations are holding two matches, one with rear sights and one without rear sights. This maybe what you saw at the mentioned event.
With everything I have researched on my personal page about tradeguns, and I mean a pile of books, articles and letters from the Museum of the Fur Trade, nothing showed anyone ordering a rear sight on a tradegun or chief's gun. I afraid what Hanson said as well as other's more knowledgeable on the subject, rear sighted tradeguns was after market as we would say today.
Buck Conner
> I believe I recently saw some rear sighted shooting take place at an NMLRA event
> and was curious about whether the sights were just overlooked or whether there
> are some overzealous judgements being made. Are we certain that fixed rear
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Damn Buck, you told the boys about your years of research and your close friend Charles Hanson and his thoughts on the matter, but left off your web site.
Check it out boys, there's lots of work that went into this information.
http://home.att.net/~buck.conner/personal.html
Turtle
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>
> Hello Camp,
>
> When Charley Hanson was still at the museum in Chardon, we had this talk about rear sights many times. I was interested as I have several originals, one pre-1813 Sutherland tradegun has a rear sight that is part of the barrel, not dovetailed or sweat on. It is a piece of the barrel that has been turned up from the top flat of the barrel, cleaned up and notched.
>
> According to Hanson he had never found any doc. that showed manufactures supplying or being ordered to supply rear sites, and felt that these rear sighted guns were done after leaving the factory by company gunsmiths, blacksmiths, etc. (company meaning HBC,NWC, etc. or a trader or supplier).
>
> Over the years with all the baloney we have heard about this, many of the bigger events and associations are holding two matches, one with rear sights and one without rear sights. This maybe what you saw at the mentioned event.
>
> With everything I have researched on my personal page about tradeguns, and I mean a pile of books, articles and letters from the Museum of the Fur Trade, nothing showed anyone ordering a rear sight on a tradegun or chief's gun. I afraid what Hanson said as well as other's more knowledgeable on the subject, rear sighted tradeguns was after market as we would say today.
>
> Buck Conner
>
> > I believe I recently saw some rear sighted shooting take place at an NMLRA event
> > and was curious about whether the sights were just overlooked or whether there
> > are some overzealous judgements being made. Are we certain that fixed rear
>
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For shame, for shame, you can't swell that head with nice remarks, a nailed butt plate from a tradegun would work - only kidding Buck, you did a great job on that site.
Powderhawk
>
> Turtle... Yer gonna swell his head...
>
> D
>
> PS..The site Has entertained me for many an hour.. He IS right....
