NW Trade Gun

[SPQR70AD]

Thought I'd post some pics of a trade gun I just completed.
Pecatonica supplied it.
I went with a Chambers Virginia rather than the L&R Queen Anne like I had on my first trade gun.
They didn't have butt plates in stock, well nobody does I guess ...so I made one from sheet brass and nailed it on.
Also used smooth thimbles rather than the banded ones.
I also have a YouTube video of the build.

beautiful job

 

[SPQR70AD]

Nice job , I kike the nailed butt plate , are they horseshoe nails? I'd guess they were back in the day . Did you seal the end grain before you nailed the plate on ? it makes a difference in the rain .

you would find something wrong with Michaelangelo's Pietta lol

 

[Loja man]

Nice!! Looks really good!!

 

[Juniata]

Nice job Brian! Looks like you got a new gun to chase turkeys with. I might have missed it somewhere, but what caliber is it?

.62/20 guage

Loads a .595 ball with .015 pillow ticking nicely, can push it in with my thumb, its tough but doable.

 

[DuncNZ]

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you would find something wrong with Michaelangelo's Pietta lol

Not fault finding . 2 things , I have a stack of horse shoe nails and the ends look the same , just wondering for future reference , also I have seen any number of firearms with cracked butts where water has wicked its way in under the butt plate into unsealed end grain , also the Pietta was attacked by someone with a hammer some years ago which is why it is surrounded by armored glass

 

[Mtman725]

Nicely done.

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Brian, very nice job on the gun, you give me the bug to do a trade gun!

 

[SPQR70AD]

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Not fault finding . 2 things , I have a stack of horse shoe nails and the ends look the same , just wondering for future reference , also I have seen any number of firearms with cracked butts where water has wicked its way in under the butt plate into unsealed end grain , also the Pietta was attacked by someone with a hammer some years ago which is why it is surrounded by armored glass

I saw the Pietta at the worlds fair in NYC in 1964. I was a young chillin in a catholic school in Bklyn ny. went on a school trip. they had to have the floor moving cause a lot of people were frozen in place seeing it. you could see the veins on their hands carved in the marble . old Italian ladies would pass out and be carried out. to think a human could so that is unimaginable. it was behind bullet proof glass

 

[CyrusP]

That trade gun is stunning! You sir are a craftsman. That pic with your little angel is priceless BTW. You are truly blessed.