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Offline FALout

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Sheet brass thickness
« on: March 10, 2015, 01:07:11 PM »
I'm getting some materials together for a northwest trade gun build.  I was wondering how thick sheet brass would be best for making a butt plate and trigger guard?    Is there any good source for pictures of trade guns?  I've seen nice reproductions here, but not a lot of originals.
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Offline Keb

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Re: Sheet brass thickness
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2015, 01:44:28 PM »
I make mine from .062" brass.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Sheet brass thickness
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2015, 02:46:35 PM »
Quote from: FALout on March 10, 2015, 01:07:11 PM
I'm getting some materials together for a northwest trade gun build.  I was wondering how thick sheet brass would be best for making a butt plate and trigger guard?    Is there any good source for pictures of trade guns?  I've seen nice reproductions here, but not a lot of originals.
They got books all about NW guns with lots of pictures. They even sell them.
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Re: Sheet brass thickness
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2015, 04:53:48 PM »
Get Gooding's book on Hudson's Bay Co. guns...

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/278/1/BOOK-TGHBC

It's the best I've seen.

FYI... the trigger guards were iron.
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Offline okieboy

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Re: Sheet brass thickness
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2015, 05:31:50 PM »
 I highly recommend Ryan R. Gale's "For Trade and Treaty". It provides high end photography with extensive dimensions, right down to the thickness of sheet metal used in ramrod pipes. I have never had a gun book that delivered as much of what I wanted as this one.
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Offline FALout

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Re: Sheet brass thickness
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2015, 02:45:54 AM »
Thanks RAT and okieboy, those suggested books are just what I'm looking for.
Ken, I figured the but plate would be thicker, might even have some that thickness.
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