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    Gunmakers Fair at Kempton

    That’s my current location.
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    Browning a lock?

    If you haven’t disassembled and reassembled a lock before, I’d advise getting someone to help you. Be careful when removing the tumbler and re-installing it. Do not lose the fly. The cocks are pressed onto the tumbler axles fairly tight.
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    It’s labeled as a chief’s gun in the photo. So likely a higher grade trade gun made around 1800-1815, for trade or gaining favor with the Native Americans.
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    There are books full of real information for those interested.
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    Flat Face Locks on Northwest Gun?

    As a later trade gun, yes. Everyone should follow their own standards for historical accuracy. Is it of a general form common to tens of thousands of English trade guns? Yes. Is it a close copy of an authenticated original gun known to be used in a specific place at a specific time? No. Will...
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    Flat Face Locks on Northwest Gun?

    That lock looks to be of a style seen in the last quarter of the 1700s. I see a Barnett NWTG from 1812 with a sporting lock with a flat plate in The Encyclopedia of Trade Goods:Firearms of the Fur Trade page 172. Later American made NWTGs by Deringer and others sometimes used flat faced locks...
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Please show who ordered them and show the text indicating these were NWTGs. This looks just like many trade gun and light fowler orders of non-NWTG trade guns. I see nothing on this page describing the guns except length.
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Some early English locks were flat faced. The Eariy Ketland by Chambers is an example. Most later English locks were flat faced. Yes, most trade guns of the 1740-1800 period had rounded lock plates and cocks.
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    Artificer???

    Heal up well, Gus!
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    I’m not sure why I’d research something already researched extensively without annyone finding evidence supporting your position. Enjoy your faith journey. Everyone is free to believe what they want, regardless of data. No worries.
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Not sure what makes these guns NWTGs in your mind. NWTG is not accepted as a catch-all name for any trade gun. Can you identify specific specimens of NWTGs the Oneida carried during the Revolutionary War and show them here, or cite a publication or book that shows them? Can you cite a record of...
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    Early English Trade Gun and Carolina Gun the Same Thing?

    The book For Trade and Treaty is essential and inexpensive for anyone interested is real documented and illustrated originals. I built a copy of an original Wilson trade gun/export fowler attributed to a purchase by Sir William Johnson for gifts to Native Americans in his role as representative...
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    First build. Deciding on which action to use etc

    Blueprints really help. Best of luck!
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    Spark throwing issue

    Great advice. If you’re using your flint with the flat side on top, try flipping it over. Next try the shortest flint that will reliably open the frizzen. Lastly place a thin narrow spacer under just the rear portion of the flint to tilt it down, using a long flint. Changing the angle of the...
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Ok, I’ll fill in for Longwalker. My name is Rich Pierce. Can you share your sources supporting the hypothesis that NWTGs (not any old dragon sideplate trade gun but actual NWTGs) were used in the 13 colonies before and during the Revolutionary War?
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    Enthusiast with a few decent old flintlocks found and in my possession ♥️

    Welcome! Pictures?
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Umm, the old Northwest? When you say “colonies” I think of the eastern seaboard colonies. Do you mean the territory now occupied by states not in the 13 colonies? Ohio/Illinois/Indiana/Michigan/Wisconsin?
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    Lock swap

    Lock swaps require not just overall similar outlines of the lock plate, but also very close distances between nose and pan center, and sear positioning.
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Question answered.
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    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Where was this gun found? And is there documentation about where it was delivered to? There is a difference between “they existed somewhere in 1751” and “NWTGs were in the 13 colonies in 1751.” They were called NORTHWEST trade guns for a reason. They were sold to fur trading companies in what...
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