Northwest Gun Fun!

[Smokey Plainsman]

Fired my new 20 gauge Northwest trade gun today:

It was a heap of fun!! Good ignition and I was using period correct tow wadding. Overall a super experience. Thanks gang!!

 

[akroguy]

Such beautiful simplicity. Very nice!

 

[Fez]

That thing is saaweeet!!

 

[TDM]

Very nice indeed!

 

[Bnewberry]

Fired my new 20 gauge Northwest trade gun today:

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It was a heap of fun!! Good ignition and I was using period correct tow wadding. Overall a super experience. Thanks gang!!

Very nice!

 

[Rob M.]

Very cool.

 

[BCWILL]

Super nice

 

[Shotgunblast]

Smoking hot!

 

[Britsmoothy]

How'd it perform for you?

 

[Kmcmichael]

Weight?

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

How'd it perform for you?

Nicely! I didn’t really group it but it shot well. Ignition was very reliable over the 10 shots I fired.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Weight?

Right at 7 lbs

 

[user 31232]

To hold something like that

 

[PNWtrekker]

Beautiful kit. I love that bead work on your powder horn.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Fired my new 20 gauge Northwest trade gun today:

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It was a heap of fun!! Good ignition and I was using period correct tow wadding. Overall a super experience. Thanks gang!!

It's a good thing you didn't run across us at Fort de Chartres. @andy52, @Rod Man and I would have told you what a shameful purchase you made, but we would be willing to take it off your hands to destroy. Now you fired it and the destruction is in your hands. Probably take 20 to 30 years.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Thanks for the kind words, all! This afternoon I decided to do a little project and disassembled the lock and stuck the lockplate with a sitting fox stamp. Original Northwest guns often had these and I believe it was an inspection or proof mark of some kind. I bought a stamp from Track of the Wolf and also wanted it because s foxes are pretty and cool

Not a perfect job but then again rarely were the originals. Not uncommon to find these crooked or double struck on period trade guns so I don’t feel too bad lol. I really love this little accent and feel it makes the gun “mine”. Take care gang! On my next range outing I’m going to try wool blanket wadding, a period wadding choice.

 

[hanshi]

Beautiful gun indeed. I've wanted one for a pretty long time, but that's not in the cards.

 

[TDM]

Thanks for the kind words, all! This afternoon I decided to do a little project and disassembled the lock and stuck the lockplate with a sitting fox stamp. Original Northwest guns often had these and I believe it was an inspection or proof mark of some kind. I bought a stamp from Track of the Wolf and also wanted it because s foxes are pretty and cool

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Not a perfect job but then again rarely were the originals. Not uncommon to find these crooked or double struck on period trade guns so I don’t feel too bad lol. I really love this little accent and feel it makes the gun “mine”. Take care gang! On my next range outing I’m going to try wool blanket wadding, a period wadding choice.

Stamp looks good to me, very neat!

 

[gunpa]

She's a beauty for sure!

 

[Snydly]

Fired my new 20 gauge Northwest trade gun today:

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It was a heap of fun!! Good ignition and I was using period correct tow wadding. Overall a super experience. Thanks gang!!

My trade gun is very accurate with Tow,, but be careful.After you shoot look for the tow wad down range. It has a tendency to smolder and even start fires if you are shooting in a dry grass area.