English Type G Trade Gun

[Cruzatte]

Does the so-called "Type G" English trade gun pre-date 1750? Or was it a post French & Indian War gun sold by English traders to fill a void left by the ejection of the French regime at the end of the war?
Enquiring minds...........
Cruzatte

 

[AZ-Robert]

I believe Hamilton puts the Type G (Yuchi Townsite speciman) as early as 1725.

 

[Swampman]

I believe the natives traded with the English the entire time and prefered "Type Gs" I've examined a bunch of original burial guns from around South Alabama. The English had a trading house within 2 miles of Fort Toulouse during the French period. It's a shame it's so hard(expensive) to find a good replica.

 

[Mike Brooks]

As the guys have already mentioned, the "G" dates into the 1720's. But, I'm not sure if a 1720's "G" would look exactly like a 1750's "G". Evolution in style was always progressing, and these trade type guns would have went along with the flow.
I'm also thinking the "G" was mainly a gun traded in the south, where as the North west gun was the gun traded in the great lakes region and all points north and west of there. I'm sure Mr. Patton has his own unique insight on the subject also.
There will be a "G" out on the market this summmer, but it won't be dirt cheap. :winking: But it will be right. :thumbsup:

 

I believe the so-called typeG gun was also called the Carolina trade gun and bunches of them came into Charles Town (Charleston, SC)and were traded through the south at least as far as the Miss R very early on. Carolina traders reached the Miss R by 1700. They competed with the French along the Gulf Coast for the trade of the southern tribes.

 

[DrTimboone]

Anyone got a picture of an original or a good reproduction??

 

[Mike Brooks]

Anyone got a picture of an original or a good reproduction??

I just got this book from TOTW and there is a picture of the Bumford gun in it. Excellent book I might add.
BOOK

 

There was an article by Pete Alexander in either MuzzleBlasts or Muzzleloader mag a year or so ago that pictured an original Carolina trade gun. I'll try to find it...anyone remember it?

 

[AZ-Robert]

Mike, what's the ID of the gun furthest right on the cover? Would that be the Carolina gun?

 

[Va.Manuf.06]

Mike, what's the ID of the gun furthest right on the cover? Would that be the Carolina gun?

If you mean the one uoright in the photo on the cover, it would be a French Charleville military musket, possibly the M1766? The book looks like a good one.