fusil de chasse?

[jrbaker90]

And anybody tell me more info about the fudil de chasse I never study much on flintlocks til just lately and I am wanting to know more about the fusil de chasse thanks

 

[kingsax26]

if you google youll find a wealth of information....there really is too much to be able to respond in a post.

 

[Shine]

Or you could ask a bunch of guys who love to talk guns on a muzzleloading site. Just sayin

 

[Mongo40]

The French Trade Gun in North America 1662-1759 Paperback by Kevin Gladysz (Author)

I had the same questions awhile back an found this book on Amazon, everything you ever wanted to know about french smoothbores an lots of pictures, I like pictures!!!

 

[Shine]

This is my current one. I have owned at least 5 it is by far my favorite style of smoothbore. Im a little Biased I was born and raised in what used to be New France.

 

[Mongo40]

My only smoothbore is a fusil, I like the lines of the french style.

 

[jrbaker90]

How much was the fusil de chasse used in the rev war and the longhunter era thanks

 

[Shine]

They were used well after I have seen several originals here in maine converted to percussion . That being said very few if any were brought to North America after the French and Indian war

 

[Oudoceus]

It is my understanding that although LA was ceded to Spain in 1763 that the French continued to administer over the area for about five more years. Did they continue to import French guns during this time? :idunno:

 

[MSW]

that's a really handsome gun ... do you know how the stain was done? (I really like that color)

 

[Rod Lassey]

It is my understanding that although LA was ceded to Spain in 1763 that the French continued to administer over the area for about five more years. Did they continue to import French guns during this time? :idunno:

Yes. In fact, French guns continued to be imported into Louisiana (territory, not state) almost up to the year 1800. See Hanson & Harmon, Firearms of the Fur Trade for discussion of this, and an example of the type of gun imported. There's a great quote from the MacKay-Evans expedition up the Missouri (1790s), with the Omaha telling them that they wanted English guns, not French ones that burst in their hands. Seems the quality of French trade guns went down later in the century.

Rod

 

[Cruzatte]

And anybody tell me more info about the fudil de chasse I never study much on flintlocks til just lately and I am wanting to know more about the fusil de chasse thanks

The Fusil de Tulle In New France 1691-1741 by Russel Bouchard is an excellent little book. It has information not only about the de chasse fusils but also about the Marine muskets, and the Grenadier muskets also made at the Tulle armories.