just pulled the trigger on my first trade gun :)

[Jackrabbit1957]

This is cool info, do you ever see any fires started with the wadding? That would be my concern.

 

[midland man]

This is cool info, do you ever see any fires started with the wadding? That would be my concern.

nope not yet, the wads seem to burn out real fast!

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Was meaning using the newspaper and book paper wads.

 

[midland man]

Was meaning using the newspaper and book paper wads.

haven't tried paper so not sure there been using lubed cushioned wads and hard card wads.

 

[Chiefs50]

so guys I was wondering reading some history on Wikipedia as I would like to know was there shorter fusil de chasse guns made being the longer one was a bit heavy to carry? so in other words is this shorter one period correct?

I am not aware of any such guns. The "canoe gun" is largely a modern invention.

 

[Chiefs50]

I just ordered a new trade gun from muzzleloader shop in Arkansas. its a petite fusil de chasse 20g/62c smoothbore. and these are india guns but the touch holes are drilled and he said they are proofed so should be good to go! so I will have to start saving for my next purchase as I still want a 36 caliber flintlock rifle for some challenging squirrel hunts next fall season! but next week if ups is quick to deliver, I look forward to some squirrel hunting with this trade gun! so am excited as I been wanting one of these for a long while! https://www.muzzleloadershop.com/factory-guns/loyalist-arms/

The French Fusil de chasse was not a trade gun.

 

[midland man]

The French Fusil de chasse was not a trade gun.

I been reading history online and one outfit said it was the first trade guns to arrive in America but that's all I know of! so what was the first trade guns here in America, and what was the French fusil used for here in America??