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Treebeard

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Original Northwest gun
« on: January 28, 2018, 01:21:50 AM »
Saw this on a now closed auction and found it interesting. Would have been nice to actually see it.
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Offline Justin Urbantas

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Re: Original Northwest gun
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2018, 06:08:51 AM »
pretty late date on that one

Offline Old Salt

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Re: Original Northwest gun
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2018, 09:17:28 AM »
The North West trade was manufactured up until 1900

http://www.furtrade.org/museum-collections/firearms/
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Treebeard

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Re: Original Northwest gun
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2018, 11:10:22 PM »
The North West trade was manufactured up until 1900

http://www.furtrade.org/museum-collections/firearms/

Good info— in the book “For Trade And Treaty” it stated that by 1860’s the quality flintlocks we’re getting hard to get and we’re being sold to the Indians with Enfield type percussion locks. Who knows maybe that is why the lock was replaced. I am sure the change over must have taken quite a while.


Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Original Northwest gun
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2018, 05:55:06 AM »
The lock doesn’t look like it is original to this gun. There’s a pretty big gap at the back of the lock.

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