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These English trade guns were built to a lighter weight specification to appeal to the Southern Native people. Generally shipped South to the Carolinas, they were often referred to as “Carolina guns”. As a low cost trade gun, they were built with sheet brass furniture, including a nailed on buttplate, and no entry thimble or nose cap.
Since the stocks were typically made from a less attractive beech wood, they were often painted or decorated designs instead of carvings.
This gun has a painted stock and is true to the dimensions of original guns. It has a thin wrist and butt stock to reduce weight.
The barrel and lock have a “French grey” finish.
Specifications:
– Weight is only 6 pounds
– 48″ Octagonal to round, smoothbore barrel (made by Rice) in 20 gauge or .62 cal. with brass front sight and no rear sight
– Lock is a Jim Chambers Colonial Virginia flintlock (Flint size 1″ x ⅞”)
– Trigger pull is about 3 lbs.
– Overall length is 63″
– Length of pull is 13.25″, with a 2″ drop
– Ramrod is made of hickory with a flared tip
