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Hello friends! I am really interested in purchasing either a fusil de chasse or northwest trade gun (ordinary or chief's version) from military heritage. I know that these aren't the best quality, however, it is probably all that I can afford over the next little while unfortunately.
curious if any folks here own either? And if so, can you give a measurement of its weight?
I do know that people here have said the Indian made guns tend to be chunkier than the more elegant custom built ones. As I am looking for a lightweight fusil or NW trade gun from MH and I don't yet have the skill to do woodwork (just started dabbling in this hobby), I wanted to get an idea of how much weightier the MH pieces actually are?
Thanks a ton!![]()
a new member of my reinactment group was loaned an Indian made trade gun, it was heavier than a pedersoli 1763 musket which weighs around 11lbs. Ironically it was around 7” shorter too. Reason for the weight was the barrel was a .58 caliber straight tube with no taper at all, full round, muzzle was just as thick as the breech. I actually felt like i was holding an Olympic barbell.
A real trade is very light, french fusil, English trade gun or HUD trade gun.