I've seen a lot of old timers blow into the barrel to clear it. I just ordered one of these guns, exept it only has a 36 inch barrel. Can't wait to get it.
After firing a shot, and only after firing a shot, blowing down the bore is a safe procedure. The nannies who say it is not, simply do not have common sense.
Love your spill on gun safety when you blew down the barrel. You can understand the looks from people I get doing this practice as well. Nothing trumps common sense. God Bless
I honestly watched the entire video just to see how long you were willing to put up with the rooster vs starting over, that rooster must have had a death wish because if he knew you were talking about guns the entire time he would have run away very quickly... not sure if you were trying to be funny by ignoring him, either way I was laughing the whole way through.
Ive been using a caplock since the 1970s. First old gun was a CVA mountain rifle. But from watching your videos im finding you can teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks.
Well, that then is a case of an old dog teaching an old dog. Lolol My first gun was also a CVA Mountain Rifle in the 70's. Now I'm a dedicated flint guy. Thanks for watching my pitiful little videos. TC
@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj good videos. I'm also a fellow Oklahoman and I've visited your area. I'm from the Northeastern part of the state in the Cherokee ciuntry.
Very well done. My ancestors were French Fur Trappers that settled in Minn. and married with Lakota Indians. I have a written account of one of them hunting elk on horseback with a famous Indian chief. They apparently chased the herd for days! I have always wanted a Trade Gun to hunt with!
Thanks for the comment Tom. That's a very interesting family history you have. Those things need to be written down for your kids and grandkids if you have any. Family histories are so very important. And if you would like to converse further about trade guns or the fur trade, feel free to email me at turkeycreek1823@gmail.com. Max
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj - They are pretty famous people. Founded Faribault, Minn. for one thing. You can search Alexander Faribault and find stuff on UA-cam about them without much trouble. Never have seen anything about their firearms however. If I remember correctly his father got knifed by a POed drunk Indian before he killed him in self defense. Alexander was at the Battle of Birch Coulee - I assume with his own firearms as a scout/volunteer. Messy battle there where the resupply of ammo given the soldiers was the wrong caliber. They really lived back then!
I understand that the moisture in your breath softens the carbon residue in the bore. But I'll just stick to running a ballistol soaked patch down it followed by a dry patch.
Very nice video & gun. Fine shooting range too! Wish we could’ve seen some nice CLOSEUPS of your gun. I too have a bag with a wasp nest. But the only gun I could really use some in is my .67 smoothbore flintlock horse pistol. At 81, no longer having a shooting range to go to (can’t shoot blackpowder in an indoor range!), I may never get to use my wasp nest in my pistol! Guess I could always “rent it out” to some wasps, if they promise not to sting me!!! One criticism though - you should have worn SHOOTING GLASSES for saftie’s sake, regardless if it was “authentic” or not!!! God gave you only one set of good eyes! Watch your own “top knot” too - I don’t have enough hair to make even a small knot anymore, just some “peachfuzz”! You’re the kind of a nice talkin’ gentleman I’d love to shoot with too! You could even call me “grandpaw”, but never late for lunch!!! “Gesundheit”!
Thank you for your comment Mr. Thickey! I wish you were here in NW Oklahoma; I would sure get you out here to shoot that old horse pistol! Keep your flint sharp and your primin' dry! TC
Great video. I appreciate your history lesson about the gun. I recently picked up .62 calibre at a gun show. Have you ever used tow for wadding? Would it work as well as wasp nest?
I've never used tow, mostly because I've never popped the $ for any. Having said that, it is probably the most commonly used original wadding these days. But back in the days that we tend to time travel back to, a frontiersman carrying a smoothbore needed to either carry a large supply of tow or, as I suspect, fell back on material provided by nature. Let me know what you end up using. TC
Hey bud, i just got myself a northwest trade gun recantly, what size flint should i use, im pretty new at this yet, and i can tell you know your stuff👍thanks bud take care.🇺🇸
Thanks for watching my video Eric! Not knowing what lock your gun has, a good guess would be a 3/4" or 7/8" flint. You might get a couple or three of each and see which works best, but both will possibly work. If you haven't already watched it, you might enjoy my Wilson Trade Gun video. TC
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj it's one of those trade guns from military heritage, I will check out all your videos too I like the history you talk about, I subbed too, thanks
Leaves will work also, as long as they're somewhat green and not brittle. On the frontier, you don't always have the "proper" items for a particular purpose and have to make do with what's available. TC
Hey Chris, these old things are kind of addicting aren't they?! I sold that NW Trade Gun and now I really want to build another one. The only problem with that is that I've built two more smooth bore .62 caliber guns since then and need to sell one before I can build another. I now have an English style Colonial Fowler and an early Wilson Trade Gun. I hope to make videos of those guns shortly. TC
Thanks for the comment. I was always told that the moisture content of the air from the lungs softens the fouling in the bore and extinguishes any spark that may still be alive. Either way, never pour straight from the horn or can; always use your powder measure. Keep your flint sharp, your priming dry, and stay free! TC
Yessir, I actually built it from a parts set from Track Of The Wolf. I've had really good luck with their kits. Thanks for watching the video. Turkey Creek
Hey Ole, I actually traded that gun off at the Tulsa gun show a year ago. I'm currently building a Track kit for the English Fowler. Mine will represent a fowler built in the American Colonies. I also have a Caywood Wilson Chief's Grade Trade gun to build next. Both in .62 caliber. Some day I will build another Northwest Trade Gun.
I just moved out to the country and my neighbour's rooster crowing (at all hours) is music to my ears. Your's sounded just as sweet but I thought he might be pushing it when he headed down range on that second shot!
… Klamath Falls Herald and News: Thursday, April 29, 2010/Letters To The Editor A piece of history wasn’t part of the photo display
The Monday Herald and News posted online the coverage of the “Mount Mazama Mountain Men re-enactment from the 1840s.” Unfortunately, I missed attending it. Be that as it may, the posted online photos didn’t depict the most commonly used firearm during this era: The Northwest Flintlock Trade Gun. Known also as Mackinaw Gun, Hudson’s Bay Fuke, fusee, Northwest Gun, London Musket, or simply Indian Musket this flintlock smooth-bore weapon was in common use in North America for 150 years. For too long the historic Northwest Flintock Trade Gun has been ignored for the role in played in the development of the early America and Canada. In fact, contrary to popular myth, this primitive smoothbore flintlock fusil was the most commonly owned, used and carried firearms of not only native Americans, but fur trappers, French Canadian settlers, and mountain men. Appearing about 1750, these smoothbore trade guns were commonly .58 Caliber (24 gauge) and .62 caliber (20 gauge). They were versatile as a foraging survival gun while loading both solid round ball for deer, elk, and bear, or smaller lead shot for small game, including birds and waterfowl. Even today, a skilled woodsman could still survive and forage off the land while utilizing a Northwest Flintlock Trade Gun in replica form. North Star West at www.northstarwest.com is a firm specializing in historical reproductions of early black powder muzzle loaders. In fact, I recall a former exhibit at the Klamath County Museum depicting the early fur trade era of our region.
Pieces of an original Northwest Flintock Trade Gun were displayed inside the glass. This fusil was discovered along the Sprague River in 1949. The original serpentine side plate, flintlock cock, frizz en, iron barrel, butt-plate, nails, screws, etc. remained as a history lesson for future generations of our bygone frontier past. James A. Farmer , Ashland Now a resident of Merrill, Oregon (Klamath County)
James Farmer , very good letter! Even the trappers that carried a rifle usually had a trade fuzee stuck in the pack ropes of their lead pack horse where it was readily available. Thanks for sharing your letter.
Klamath Falls Herald and News: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 Letters To The Editor Objectionable things showing up lately Two local issues I find objectionable: 1. Former Oregon Congressman Les Aucoin’s Friday May 4 Herald and News letter. 2. What was missing in Saturday’s May 5 Cinco de Mayo Parade. Speaking of the latter, Ashland, Ore., celebrates it version of this Hispanic Holiday as Gunajuato, Mexico is Ashland’s sister city. Firs Les AuCoin writes: “American democracy itself endangered?” No! America is a republic, not a democracy. Politically democracy can be defined as “mob rule.” Our founders greatly feared democracy, and instead established a constitutional republic. Learn the difference by viewing the online video: “JBS Overview of America: An in-depth look at the American form of government”, via The John Birch Society in Appleton, Wisc., at www.jbs.org and www.thenewamerican.com, respectively. “Smut Night at the Press Dinner” by Patrick J. Buchanan, at aforementioned site of The New American: bi-weekly JBS periodical, confronts a vulgar insidious presentation by a woman comedian Michele Wolf! Our President Trump was right and proper by refusing to attend it. Second a big disappointment during the Cinco de Mayo Parade: an overland stagecoach with the name “Wells Fargo and Co.” inscribed in block letters. Missing was a shotgun guard or messenger. I quipped o a parade organizer, “where is the 10-gauge Parker or L.C Smith double-barrel shotgun?” His reply: “They don’t allow this anymore.” Really? This distorts the reality of our historical 19th century Western frontier past (1850-1890). The shotgun formerly defined “Homeland Security” in America and was often the mainstay and first line of defense not only aboard an overland stagecoach or railroad express car, but likewise for the lone farm house, homestead, mining claim, etc. The NRA video: “The Shotgun: Tales Of The Gun-History Channel Documentary” video depicts this. Unfortunately today’s youth miss out on the historic reality due to anti-gun political correctness, which has now unfortunately reached Klamath County. James A. Farmer , Merrill To Turkey Creek 1823. I'm glad you were inspired by my letter. Too, I hope this recent letter of mine will inspire you also. This mentions the shotgun and it's historical significance. Like the Northwest Flintlock Trade Gun the shotgun is naturally a smooth-bore weapon. Muzzle loading percussion double-barrel muzzle loading shotguns? Sure. Especially a modern reproduction/replica such as Navy Arms Model 100. This shotgun in it's basic configuration remains available even today via Dixie Guns Works, Navy Arms Co., Cabella's etc. Being fabricated of modern high strength steels, chrome lined barrels, and choke bores these are superior to the originals which had Belgian Damascus or "twist" barrels. And like the Trade Gun a skilled woodsman or outdoorsman could likewise forage, survive, hunt, and live off the land with such. Both the muzzle loading and later breech loading double-barrel shotguns reached their zenith during the 19th century. After the Civil War (1861-1865) the later gradually replaced the former. Yet it too (the break open double-barrel shotgun) gradually declined in popularity due to the advent of modern repeating shotguns. The John M. Browning designed Winchester Model 97 "hammer" pump action shotgun (1897-1957) being the main factor. James A. "Jim" Farmer Merrill, Oregon (Klamath County)
Have you guy's every grab up a two year old rooster tried to fry it up. Well I have best leave that rooster as a yard ornament. I've raise chickens for meat you raise meat chicken. Those birds you see on the shelf at grocery stores 8 to 10 weeks old look it up. You try eat that rooster you better put it in a blender. Done been thier I killed one one time you couldn't pull the meat off the bone. My gal friend was a pretty good cook she laughed at me watching me trying eat that dam bird I'm a firm believer if you killed some thing you eat it. I don't care what it is. Fishing same way .been thier done that to wasting fish. I don't take no more than I'm gonna eat that day. But I live not far from a grocery store. You guy in back woods are exempt from the above you have to put up for winter. Lots of luck eating that rooster.
I realise I this is an old comment, but a pressure cooker will solve these problems.. love a big ole northern pike canned. Don’t need to worry about bones; they’ll virtually disintegrate during the canning process. Can the rooster or the forelegs of a deer and an infant can eat it.
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj thanks for the quick response! Your stock is so pretty, do you remember if you put a water/alcohol based stain or an oil stain? A reply would be really helpful for my own build!
I'm not a shooter but I always heard that blowing down the barrel was to soften the fowling so that the next ball fit tighter in the barrel and gave you a tighter pattern on target, in addition to clearing the vent hole.
Yes sir, I am the maker. I built it from the Track Of The Wolf parts kit. Since then I have built a Colonial Fowler and a Wilson Trade Gun. Thanks for asking. TC
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj Thanks for posting the video . I've wanted to buy a trade gun for years but I'd have to get a completed one because I don't think I could build one. Years ago there was a guy named Curly that lived near me that made both completed trade guns and kits. I think his company was called North Star or something like that. Thanks for rekindling my interest.
That would have been Curly Gostomski, the original owner of Northstar West Trade Guns. A few years ago, the then current owner took ill and put it up for sale and to my knowledge, no one ever bought it so the company is no longer in business. (If anyone has more recent info to the contrary, please l3t us know. ) That was in Superior Montana. You might look at Caywood Gunmaker for a finished NW Trade Gun. My Wilson Trade Gun I built from a Caywood kit.
Very good Video Sir. Oh that Rooster! And thank you for mentioning The Hudson Bay Company! Up here in Canada some of us are hanging onto what history we have left. Thanks to the idiot who is running our country into the ground. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for the comment Mr. BG! I'm hoping to get some more shooting videos done soon. I've got an original .32 percussion rifle sitting here on the workbench that needs shooting!
Very good video. .A couple suggestions though. I run a moist patch down the barrel to extinguish any hot embers. Blowing may simply heat up the embers. You might try using a lubed patched ball.
That blowing down the bore is BS. I have been shooting black powder matches for 40 years. Nobody does that at matches and I've never seen a spark in the bore set off a powder charge. Its just bad practice. If you want to do that make yourself a blow-tube like Sharps rifle shooters use to keep the fouling soft in matches.
I am in total agreement about blowing down the bore plus it gives you instant confirmation that the touch hole (or nipple) is clear.
I've seen a lot of old timers blow into the barrel to clear it. I just ordered one of these guns, exept it only has a 36 inch barrel. Can't wait to get it.
Thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoy your new trade gun. You might check out my video on the early Wilson Trade Gun too.
TC
What company made these
Hey Argus, I just saw this. The Wilson Trade Gun kit is made by Caywood Guns. You can find them online at caywoodguns.com.
TC
Great history behind them, my next flinter.
I like all the history you give in your vids, good sruff
I Love Stoners! I Blow too, AFTER I shoot, so it's SAFE!
Keep Your Smoke Poles SMOKING!
My Rooster "says Hay!"
Great video, always loved the northwest trade gun.
Thanks Greg. Im currently building a colonial fowler and will put a video up on that in the next few weeks.
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj, I'd love to see some video of that rifle build! I started a flintlock several years ago and got stuck!
I can see him shooting that rooster with his fowler feather flying everywhere. Lol
He'd get banned from UA-cam if he blasted that dang rooster.
After firing a shot, and only after firing a shot, blowing down the bore is a safe procedure. The nannies who say it is not, simply do not have common sense.
Agreed!
TC
Love your spill on gun safety when you blew down the barrel. You can understand the looks from people I get doing this practice as well. Nothing trumps common sense. God Bless
Thank you sir. I appreciate your comment.
Great video! I love your kit!
I honestly watched the entire video just to see how long you were willing to put up with the rooster vs starting over, that rooster must have had a death wish because if he knew you were talking about guns the entire time he would have run away very quickly... not sure if you were trying to be funny by ignoring him, either way I was laughing the whole way through.
Oh man, I'll give you fifty bucks if you shoot that damn bird!
The only thing I disagreed with was not making that noisy rooster 🐓 tonight's dinner 🍲!!
He has long since met that fate. Lol
The smoothbore was the gun that really won the west.
As usual a good video. Thanks.
Ive been using a caplock since the 1970s. First old gun was a CVA mountain rifle. But from watching your videos im finding you can teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks.
Well, that then is a case of an old dog teaching an old dog. Lolol
My first gun was also a CVA Mountain Rifle in the 70's. Now I'm a dedicated flint guy. Thanks for watching my pitiful little videos.
TC
@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj good videos. I'm also a fellow Oklahoman and I've visited your area. I'm from the Northeastern part of the state in the Cherokee ciuntry.
Very well done. My ancestors were French Fur Trappers that settled in Minn. and married with Lakota Indians. I have a written account of one of them hunting elk on horseback with a famous Indian chief. They apparently chased the herd for days! I have always wanted a Trade Gun to hunt with!
Thanks for the comment Tom. That's a very interesting family history you have. Those things need to be written down for your kids and grandkids if you have any. Family histories are so very important. And if you would like to converse further about trade guns or the fur trade, feel free to email me at turkeycreek1823@gmail.com.
Max
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj - They are pretty famous people. Founded Faribault, Minn. for one thing. You can search Alexander Faribault and find stuff on UA-cam about them without much trouble. Never have seen anything about their firearms however. If I remember correctly his father got knifed by a POed drunk Indian before he killed him in self defense. Alexander was at the Battle of Birch Coulee - I assume with his own firearms as a scout/volunteer. Messy battle there where the resupply of ammo given the soldiers was the wrong caliber. They really lived back then!
Nice gun. Good shooting.
I understand that the moisture in your breath softens the carbon residue in the bore. But I'll just stick to running a ballistol soaked patch down it followed by a dry patch.
Yessir, I figure to each his own. Your way works for you and that's the way you should do it!
Keep your powder dry and your flint sharp!
TC
Very nice video & gun. Fine shooting range too! Wish we could’ve seen some nice CLOSEUPS of your gun. I too have a bag with a wasp nest. But the only gun I could really use some in is my .67 smoothbore flintlock horse pistol. At 81, no longer having a shooting range to go to (can’t shoot blackpowder in an indoor range!), I may never get to use my wasp nest in my pistol! Guess I could always “rent it out” to some wasps, if they promise not to sting me!!! One criticism though - you should have worn SHOOTING GLASSES for saftie’s sake, regardless if it was “authentic” or not!!! God gave you only one set of good eyes! Watch your own “top knot” too - I don’t have enough hair to make even a small knot anymore, just some “peachfuzz”! You’re the kind of a nice talkin’ gentleman I’d love to shoot with too! You could even call me “grandpaw”, but never late for lunch!!! “Gesundheit”!
Thank you for your comment Mr. Thickey! I wish you were here in NW Oklahoma; I would sure get you out here to shoot that old horse pistol!
Keep your flint sharp and your primin' dry!
TC
Great video. I appreciate your history lesson about the gun. I recently picked up .62 calibre at a gun show. Have you ever used tow for wadding? Would it work as well as wasp nest?
I've never used tow, mostly because I've never popped the $ for any. Having said that, it is probably the most commonly used original wadding these days. But back in the days that we tend to time travel back to, a frontiersman carrying a smoothbore needed to either carry a large supply of tow or, as I suspect, fell back on material provided by nature. Let me know what you end up using.
TC
Hey bud, i just got myself a northwest trade gun recantly, what size flint should i use, im pretty new at this yet, and i can tell you know your stuff👍thanks bud take care.🇺🇸
Thanks for watching my video Eric! Not knowing what lock your gun has, a good guess would be a 3/4" or 7/8" flint. You might get a couple or three of each and see which works best, but both will possibly work. If you haven't already watched it, you might enjoy my Wilson Trade Gun video.
TC
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj it's one of those trade guns from military heritage, I will check out all your videos too I like the history you talk about, I subbed too, thanks
Never heard of using wasp's nests. That's what so good about flinters, the components are not dependent on industry.
Leaves will work also, as long as they're somewhat green and not brittle. On the frontier, you don't always have the "proper" items for a particular purpose and have to make do with what's available.
TC
Btw, are you in Wyoming?
Now I'm thinking I need to get myself a NW Trade Gun 😁 Great video.
Hey Chris, these old things are kind of addicting aren't they?! I sold that NW Trade Gun and now I really want to build another one. The only problem with that is that I've built two more smooth bore .62 caliber guns since then and need to sell one before I can build another. I now have an English style Colonial Fowler and an early Wilson Trade Gun. I hope to make videos of those guns shortly.
TC
Someone should have told that rooster to shut up.
Would have loved to see you take care of that obnoxious rooster with that musket.
I was always told that blowing down a barrel introduces oxygen and can keep an ember burning.
Thanks for the comment. I was always told that the moisture content of the air from the lungs softens the fouling in the bore and extinguishes any spark that may still be alive. Either way, never pour straight from the horn or can; always use your powder measure.
Keep your flint sharp, your priming dry, and stay free!
TC
Great video. I own a NW Trade Gun built by NorthStar West.Did you build your trade gun yourself?
Yessir, I actually built it from a parts set from Track Of The Wolf. I've had really good luck with their kits. Thanks for watching the video.
Turkey Creek
Thanks for the reply. Track of the Wolf isn't too far from me. Maybe I'll try build one myself. Take care.
Hey Ole, I actually traded that gun off at the Tulsa gun show a year ago. I'm currently building a Track kit for the English Fowler. Mine will represent a fowler built in the American Colonies. I also have a Caywood Wilson Chief's Grade Trade gun to build next. Both in .62 caliber. Some day I will build another Northwest Trade Gun.
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj Poof marks on the barrel? I've shot muzzle-loaders for 55 years and suggest that you wear EYE protection.
HOLY COW! I did not realize that they were made and traded up to the 20 century. Thanks for the education.
Watch for a new trade gun in the future.
............ Shoot the chicken 😂
So are you just blowing at the end of the bore or do you have a lip lock on that thing?
Great video , I love shooting flintlock rifles 👍😊👍
Rooster apparently bothers folks... great video, have no idea what all the dumb comments about the rooster is all about.
Thanks for the nice comment. I guess some folks just don't understand country life. Lol.
I just moved out to the country and my neighbour's rooster crowing (at all hours) is music to my ears. Your's sounded just as sweet but I thought he might be pushing it when he headed down range on that second shot!
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Klamath Falls Herald and News: Thursday, April 29, 2010/Letters To The Editor
A piece of history wasn’t part of the photo display
The Monday Herald and News posted online the coverage of the “Mount Mazama Mountain Men re-enactment from the 1840s.”
Unfortunately, I missed attending it. Be that as it may, the posted online photos didn’t depict the most commonly used firearm during this era: The Northwest Flintlock Trade Gun.
Known also as Mackinaw Gun, Hudson’s Bay Fuke, fusee, Northwest Gun, London Musket, or simply Indian Musket this flintlock smooth-bore weapon was in common use in North America for 150 years.
For too long the historic Northwest Flintock Trade Gun has been ignored for the role in played in the development of the early America and Canada.
In fact, contrary to popular myth, this primitive smoothbore flintlock fusil was the most commonly owned, used and carried firearms of not only native Americans, but fur trappers, French Canadian settlers, and mountain men.
Appearing about 1750, these smoothbore trade guns were commonly .58 Caliber (24 gauge) and .62 caliber (20 gauge).
They were versatile as a foraging survival gun while loading both solid round ball for deer, elk, and bear, or smaller lead shot for small game, including birds and waterfowl.
Even today, a skilled woodsman could still survive and forage off the land while utilizing a Northwest Flintlock Trade Gun in replica form.
North Star West at www.northstarwest.com is a firm specializing in historical reproductions of early black powder muzzle loaders.
In fact, I recall a former exhibit at the Klamath County Museum depicting the early fur trade era of our region.
Pieces of an original Northwest Flintock Trade Gun were displayed inside the glass. This fusil was discovered along the Sprague River in 1949.
The original serpentine side plate, flintlock cock, frizz en, iron barrel, butt-plate, nails, screws, etc. remained as a history lesson for future generations of our bygone frontier past.
James A. Farmer
, Ashland
Now a resident of Merrill, Oregon (Klamath County)
James Farmer , very good letter! Even the trappers that carried a rifle usually had a trade fuzee stuck in the pack ropes of their lead pack horse where it was readily available. Thanks for sharing your letter.
Klamath Falls Herald and News: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
Letters To The Editor
Objectionable things showing up lately
Two local issues I find objectionable:
1. Former Oregon Congressman Les Aucoin’s Friday May 4 Herald and News letter.
2. What was missing in Saturday’s May 5 Cinco de Mayo Parade.
Speaking of the latter, Ashland, Ore., celebrates it version of this Hispanic Holiday as Gunajuato, Mexico is Ashland’s sister city.
Firs Les AuCoin writes: “American democracy itself endangered?” No! America is a republic, not a democracy.
Politically democracy can be defined as “mob rule.” Our founders greatly feared democracy, and instead established a constitutional republic. Learn the difference by viewing the online video: “JBS Overview of America: An in-depth look at the American form of government”, via The John Birch Society in Appleton, Wisc., at www.jbs.org and www.thenewamerican.com, respectively. “Smut Night at the Press Dinner” by Patrick J. Buchanan, at aforementioned site of The New American: bi-weekly JBS periodical, confronts a vulgar insidious presentation by a woman comedian Michele Wolf! Our President Trump was right and proper by refusing to attend it.
Second a big disappointment during the Cinco de Mayo Parade: an overland stagecoach with the name “Wells Fargo and Co.” inscribed in block letters. Missing was a shotgun guard or messenger. I quipped o a parade organizer, “where is the 10-gauge Parker or L.C Smith double-barrel shotgun?” His reply: “They don’t allow this anymore.” Really? This distorts the reality of our historical 19th century Western frontier past (1850-1890). The shotgun formerly defined “Homeland Security” in America and was often the mainstay and first line of defense not only aboard an overland stagecoach or railroad express car, but likewise for the lone farm house, homestead, mining claim, etc.
The NRA video: “The Shotgun: Tales Of The Gun-History Channel Documentary” video depicts this. Unfortunately today’s youth miss out on the historic reality due to anti-gun political correctness, which has now unfortunately reached Klamath County.
James A. Farmer
, Merrill
To Turkey Creek 1823. I'm glad you were inspired by my letter. Too,
I hope this recent letter of mine will inspire you also. This mentions the shotgun and it's historical significance. Like the Northwest Flintlock Trade Gun the shotgun is naturally a smooth-bore weapon. Muzzle loading percussion double-barrel muzzle loading shotguns? Sure. Especially a modern reproduction/replica such as Navy Arms Model 100. This shotgun in it's basic configuration remains available even today via Dixie Guns Works, Navy Arms Co., Cabella's etc. Being fabricated of modern high strength steels, chrome lined barrels, and choke bores these are superior to the originals which had Belgian
Damascus or "twist" barrels. And like the Trade Gun a skilled
woodsman or outdoorsman could likewise forage, survive, hunt,
and live off the land with such. Both the muzzle loading and later
breech loading double-barrel shotguns reached their zenith during
the 19th century. After the Civil War (1861-1865) the later gradually
replaced the former. Yet it too (the break open double-barrel shotgun)
gradually declined in popularity due to the advent of modern
repeating shotguns. The John M. Browning designed Winchester
Model 97 "hammer" pump action shotgun (1897-1957) being the
main factor.
James A. "Jim" Farmer
Merrill, Oregon (Klamath County)
@7:30 I thought the noise of the camera rotating was your buddy making a drumroll
The most important rule is the one to obey.
Me fascinan este tipo de armas de avancarga,tienen un misticismo,una magia que me atrapa.gracias por el video!!!Felicidades!!!!!!
Hmmm...no hablo Español.
TC
All you cry babies that are complaining about the rooster wouldn't want to come to my house. We have about 12 roosters running around!!
Must have quite a few happy hens.
Have you guy's every grab up a two year old rooster tried to fry it up. Well I have best leave that rooster as a yard ornament. I've raise chickens for meat you raise meat chicken. Those birds you see on the shelf at grocery stores 8 to 10 weeks old look it up. You try eat that rooster you better put it in a blender. Done been thier I killed one one time you couldn't pull the meat off the bone. My gal friend was a pretty good cook she laughed at me watching me trying eat that dam bird I'm a firm believer if you killed some thing you eat it. I don't care what it is. Fishing same way .been thier done that to wasting fish. I don't take no more than I'm gonna eat that day. But I live not far from a grocery store. You guy in back woods are exempt from the above you have to put up for winter. Lots of luck eating that rooster.
Junior Owsley my grandmother made chicken and noodles out of rooster meat, de
I realise I this is an old comment, but a pressure cooker will solve these problems.. love a big ole northern pike canned. Don’t need to worry about bones; they’ll virtually disintegrate during the canning process. Can the rooster or the forelegs of a deer and an infant can eat it.
Well done. Nice video.
Thanks Tony! Working on a couple more. Hopefully have them up before much longer.
I blow down after every shot, makes sure the vent is open
Jeffrey Robinson , Yessir it does that too!
awesome.
Thank you sir.
Nice presentation... Thank you
Thank you sir!
For all you city boys out there that don't like the roosters, my wife finally let me give them away. Lol.
😂 Love it great video 😂🤣😂
Thanks Sir! Glad you enjoyed it!
Sir, is that a maple or walnut stock?
Hey Andrew, that is a maple stock stained with home made walnut stain.
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@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj thanks for the quick response! Your stock is so pretty, do you remember if you put a water/alcohol based stain or an oil stain? A reply would be really helpful for my own build!
Yessir, it is a water based stain that I make from black walnuts.
@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj thanks so much! I love your stain, gonna try it myself!
Chicken destroy!!! :-D
Very nice
संदीप धुमाळ , Thank you sir!
sounds like rooster / chicken creek to me, not turkey creek,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I blow down the barrel to keep the fouling softer.
Yep, it sure does! Makes it easier to load the next ball.
I'm not a shooter but I always heard that blowing down the barrel was to soften the fowling so that the next ball fit tighter in the barrel and gave you a tighter pattern on target, in addition to clearing the vent hole.
You can always just quickly wipe the barrel with a patch, before reloading. Otherwise a fun video!
Who's the maker of your trade gun? Or did you build it yourself?
Yes sir, I am the maker. I built it from the Track Of The Wolf parts kit. Since then I have built a Colonial Fowler and a Wilson Trade Gun. Thanks for asking.
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@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj Thanks for posting the video . I've wanted to buy a trade gun for years but I'd have to get a completed one because I don't think I could build one. Years ago there was a guy named Curly that lived near me that made both completed trade guns and kits. I think his company was called North Star or something like that. Thanks for rekindling my interest.
That would have been Curly Gostomski, the original owner of Northstar West Trade Guns. A few years ago, the then current owner took ill and put it up for sale and to my knowledge, no one ever bought it so the company is no longer in business. (If anyone has more recent info to the contrary, please l3t us know. ) That was in Superior Montana. You might look at Caywood Gunmaker for a finished NW Trade Gun. My Wilson Trade Gun I built from a Caywood kit.
Very good vid thanks !
Thank you sir.
Where can u get that gun from, who makes it?
I built that gun from parts that I purchased from Track Of The Wolf.
Couldn't get past the loud rooster and soft talking.
Very good Video Sir.
Oh that Rooster!
And thank you for mentioning The Hudson Bay Company!
Up here in Canada some of us are hanging onto what history we have left.
Thanks to the idiot who is running our country into the ground.
Thank you for the video!
Thank you for the compliment my friend. Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video 👍
Thanks for the comment Mr. BG! I'm hoping to get some more shooting videos done soon. I've got an original .32 percussion rifle sitting here on the workbench that needs shooting!
Must kill rooster before next video.
Shoot that dang rooster !!
Very good video. .A couple suggestions though. I run a moist patch down the barrel to extinguish any hot embers. Blowing may simply heat up the embers. You might try using a lubed patched ball.
Thanks for your comment Fred.
No it doesn’t. IF there are any embers it will just burn them out. It’s not like embers last a very long time.
Another mention of shooting other items through the gun.... "pee gravel" this time. SMH!! Atleast I'll know to skip this clown too in the future
That's the great thing about smooth bores, you can shoot anything in a pinch.
I think it's "pea" gravel, as in small rocks about the size of a pea...
That blowing down the bore is BS.
I have been shooting black powder matches for 40 years. Nobody does that at matches and I've never seen a spark in the bore set off a powder charge.
Its just bad practice.
If you want to do that make yourself a blow-tube like Sharps rifle shooters use to keep the fouling soft in matches.
Too much talking not enough shooting, couldn’t even finish watching ugh!
When it come to guns like this it is not just about pulling a trigger. It's about taking your time and learning some patience.