Cherry's Guns Lewis & Clark

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

200 year anniversary commemorative Indian Trade musket marked down to $750... :hmm:

Lewis and Clark Musket

 

[chickenlittle]

I saw that a while ago. $750 is less than Cherry's price for a regular Pedersoli trade musket of $925. I thought about it but finally decided I didn't want a commemoritive, even if it was cheaper. Probably why they are cheaper. Nice to have but what are you going to do with it? I'd feel a little bad hunting with it and its not PC.

If I decided to open my wallet, Cabela's has had the plain trade musket on sale for $750, and I just checked, they're now $699. Maybe Cabela's is discontinuing that item. I may have to look at my checking account balance again.

 

[musketman]

It is a novelty item, but nice nevertheless...

I would own/shoot it if Claude bought it for me...

Hint, hint... :winking:

 

There is very little to a fusil like those - workmanship wise- very simple - a Bess that's close in price is much more involved in it's make, much more detailed, meticulous- skill necessary - whatever - than does a trade musket. They are much simpler than the Tenn. Rifles & originals actually had guards & butt plates nailed on, not screwed, some of them, anyway.
: The one pictured is more elaborate, of course, but period correct for Canada & the fur trade with Indians, not Lewis&Clark, I believe. If correct, I didn't know they used Hudson's bay fusils - news to me- I thought they used Penn. Rifles moslty and some new .54 cal M. 1803's along with double shotguns and perhaps the odd m95 .69 cal.current mil. musket.

 

[Stumpkiller]

I thought they used Penn. Rifles moslty and some new .54 cal M. 1803's along with double shotguns and perhaps the odd m95 .69 cal.current mil. musket.

And one kick-gas air rifle.

 

[tg]

Most of the trade guns around are fashioned after the ones from the 1830 or so type, few are of an earlier style, I have heard that the Pedorsoli gun is not very authentic but have not seen one up close... the price is real close to what you can get in a PC domestic made gun.

 

[musketman]

Most of the trade guns around are fashioned after the ones from the 1830 or so type, few are of an earlier style

tg, who then makes a earlier PC trade gun that wont set you back a few grand?

 

[tg]

Caywood and Northstarr West have early English type guns for under $900 last time I checked prices, and offer in the white or kits for less, and you may pick select parts from some vendors to make a NW gun from most periods, the slight difference in serpentine sideplate and some details can be achieved with a little digging around and research.

 

The Trade-Gun kit from Track costs almost identical to what the English fowler costs. Mid $500.00 for parts.
: Just because it's simple, doesn't seem to reduce the cost much. IT shouldon the finished gun as there's a LOT less work to be done, especially on trade guns of the Canadian Frontier era, as shown in the photo link at the top of this posting.