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burch:
I`m at a bit of confusuion. I wanted a Crockett Rifle but since i`ve been reading some of your adventures with your trade guns that`s starting to arouse my taste for something else.  I like the idea of a do all gun. So who makes some of the affordable 20`s and is that a good choice ?

             Burch  

James Kelly:
I rather like the assorted French & English trade guns and the Northwest gun made by caywoodguns.com   Got a French Type D in November, beautiful workmanship & lock sparks very well, unfortunately also got a little physical problem that has kept me from shooting it yet.
My admitted prejudice for Caywood is that I am fond of my digits. I prefer to wrap them around a gun with a barrel made of steel that the steel mill has specifically produced to make barrels, Gun Barrel Quality 1137Modified. Almost all other muzzleloading barrels, with the outstanding exception of Green Mountain, are of 12L14. This steel is specifically designed to machine very quickly, good for high production on an automatic screw machine. Makes common hardware screws & bolts.
12L14 makes nice short, crumbly chips when machined. I am a metallurgist & have done a number of barrel failure analyses for now digitally challenged (former) shooters. Me, I just don't like crumbly steel around an explosion.

Kermit:
http://www.northstarwest.com/

Worth a look here too.

tg:
I would choose North Starr for a new smootbore, good quailty and fair price, most all smoothbores are now $1000 or there abouts, Caywood guns are quailty but short on historical authenticity if that is an issue, there have been some good deals on used guns on some of the forum trade blankets around cyber space.You won't find mush in the way of production smoothbores except some of the TC rifles with smoothbore barrels on them.

Sir Michael:
Check to on-line gun shops/shooting suppliers.  There are frequently trade guns of just about every description, British and French available that have been built by local makers.  

http://www.thegunworks.com/GunIndex.cfm

This company has both new and used trade guns and the inventory changes fairly quickly.  I got a "used" NW Trade Gun from them and I don't think the lock had ever had a rock in it.  It was very very gently used.  If you see one or more you like call them and they will answer any questions you may have about it.  They will also help you decide between several if more than one is to your liking.

Since there are both British and French Trade Guns out there, I'd suggest you do some research and decide which way you want to go before buying anything.  Also in the world of the French Guns there are several types and people can get pretty worked up over each one at the expense of the others.  British Trade Guns tend to be pretty much a basic design and it depends on how fancy you want it to be.

If you want to explore British Trade Guns I'd recommend you get a copy of S. James Gooding's "Trade Guns of the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1970".

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