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wayne1967

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Morning. What are the best books still in print with pictorial examples of the northwest trade guns through their timeline? thanks
 
I don’t know about the best but this seems good to me. I have read and re read it numerous times to my benefit.
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There are a bunch . Wish I could send ya pics of all the ones I have , maybe later . The one ," For Trade and Treaty " , that Dave posted ,sure is a good one . Great pictures !! Some of the very early books ...you have to be careful about their info . Ive read book that say the NW trade gun was developed in the 1780s , its a Mountain Man period , 1820-1850 , gun only and stuff like that ... The N.W. trade gun is mentioned by name in the 1750s. By the way ...the really large trigger guards on NW guns came about approx. 1780 . Thats from archeologist and auther T.M. Hamilton . Any who ...best of luck
 

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The best book for building a N.W. Trade Gun !! AND .... Its FREE !! Instructions and patterns ... God bless ya Pryor Mountain Bill Newton for writing this book !!! N.W. guns pictured , I made these ...early version top , pre 1780 , later version, post 1780 , below ....
 

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There are a bunch . Wish I could send ya pics of all the ones I have , maybe later . The one ," For Trade and Treaty " , that Dave posted ,sure is a good one . Great pictures !! Some of the very early books ...you have to be careful about their info . Ive read book that say the NW trade gun was developed in the 1780s , its a Mountain Man period , 1820-1850 , gun only and stuff like that ... The N.W. trade gun is mentioned by name in the 1750s. By the way ...the really large trigger guards on NW guns came about approx. 1780 . Thats from archeologist and auther T.M. Hamilton . Any who ...best of luck
LOVE that door pull Rob!
 
The best book for building a N.W. Trade Gun !! AND .... Its FREE !! Instructions and patterns ... God bless ya Pryor Mountain Bill Newton for writing this book !!! N.W. guns pictured , I made these ...early version top , pre 1780 , later version, post 1780 , below ....
Morning Rob. When you said free, is there a pdf or something on the book? Thanks
 
Morning Rob. When you said free, is there a pdf or something on the book? Thanks
I'm sorry bud , I dont even know what a pdf is . Bills daughter scanned it for me and gave me permission to give it to folks so I send it to ya all via email . I forward it to ya . Then you can print it out at yer house or at the library . Its a great building manual .
 
I'm sorry bud , I dont even know what a pdf is . Bills daughter scanned it for me and gave me permission to give it to folks so I send it to ya all via email . I forward it to ya . Then you can print it out at yer house or at the library . Its a great building manual .
Ok thanks again. I'll PM you my email address.
 
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