Well I just sent payment off for one of Clay Smith’s Type G Carolina trade guns:
It’s this one on his website: Painted Type G Trade Gun
It’s got a red painted stock like some originals had (they could also be found in different colors and patterns of paint) and I am having Clay mount a rear sight based off of historical originals that some of this pattern of trade gun had. I really think this gun is beautiful and love the serpent sideplate. I’ve never owned a smoothbore and am excited to work up the most accurate round ball load I can. I chose a .58 (24 gauge) because balls are quite a bit cheaper vs a .62/20 gauge. I want to experiment using tow wadding as this was a very (most?) common method of loading these old smoothbore trade guns. There isn’t much evidence for PRB use in them.
Just thought I’d share. It’s fall time now and the best time of year to shoot muzzleloaders IMHO. Thanks gang!
-Smokey
It’s this one on his website: Painted Type G Trade Gun
It’s got a red painted stock like some originals had (they could also be found in different colors and patterns of paint) and I am having Clay mount a rear sight based off of historical originals that some of this pattern of trade gun had. I really think this gun is beautiful and love the serpent sideplate. I’ve never owned a smoothbore and am excited to work up the most accurate round ball load I can. I chose a .58 (24 gauge) because balls are quite a bit cheaper vs a .62/20 gauge. I want to experiment using tow wadding as this was a very (most?) common method of loading these old smoothbore trade guns. There isn’t much evidence for PRB use in them.
Just thought I’d share. It’s fall time now and the best time of year to shoot muzzleloaders IMHO. Thanks gang!
-Smokey