Boy's/Lady's Bumford Trade Gun
This gun is a
¾ scale version of the Bumford style.
In Sir Wm. Johnson Papers, Volume #2 pages 889-900
from “A List of Goods to be sent
from London”
dated November 1756
there is an
order for 200 trade guns with 36" barrels for boys.
So a
smaller version is historically correct!
This
one has a 34" octagon to round barrel in .50 smoothbore. The lock is a Chamber's small Queen Anne lock.
Length
of pull is 12". Overall length is 47" and the weight is about 3¼ lbs.
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on image for larger view
Full size version is on the bottom in picture above.
Here is another one
that is convertible between flint and percussion using small Siler
locks. The locks and barrel have
been fire blued to reduce rusting. It also has a rear sight copied from
an original 'Type G' trade gun.
The bag and horn for the gun above.
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