English Style Trade Gun by John Miller

 

This project started life as a slightly modified trade gun kit from Clay Smith. I modeled the serpentine butt plate and thumb piece after parts of an English trade gun found at a site in central Alabama. I also made an uncoiled version of the serpent side plate. The stock is beech painted with acrylics.  

Copy and photos supplied by John Miller.

English Trade Gun by Ken Gahagan

This is an example of an English commercial hunting/trade gun circa 1700-1720. These guns followed the long barreled, large bore fowler and musket patterns of Europe. This example illustrates many of the typical English trade components like the big three screw lock, plain dragon sideplate, flat iron buttplate and  simple brass trigger guard. Also has a crude nailed escutcheon and simple tang carving. This piece is copied from one in the Neuman collection. Lock by The Rifle Shoppe, barrel by Getz.

Copy and photos by Ken Gahagan.