FR0665 Dixie Brown Bess Trade Gun
Product ID #: FR0665
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Price: $1,850.00
A carbine version of the English Brown Bess musket made from surplus guns bought from the English government in the early 1700's. The trade gun became a favorite amoung American Indians. This reproduction features a one-piece, American walnut fullstock with satin oil finish, 42" long with 2 1/2" drop and 14" trigger pull. Browned barrel is 30 1/2" long .75 caliber, tapered round 1.250" at breech to .900" at muzzle, smoothbore .750" diameter. Front sight is steel square type for bayonet lug. Brass furniture, serpent sideplate, browned engraved lockplate marked "GRICE 1762" at the tail and with a crown over "GR" under the pan. Single trigger. Steel ramrod threaded 10x32 male thread. Flintlock uses 1" flints. Load with 80 grains of FFg black powder and .735 patched roudn ball. Overall length 47" and total weight 7 1/2 lbs. Made by Pedersoli, Italy.
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Barent Parslow
2003-05-31 15:21:00
I've had my Trade Gun for about 2οΎ½ years. Well made it throws a good shower of sparks and gives fire quickly. While the literature recommends 11 gauge wadding 12 ga. Blue and Gray wads work very well. It shoots .735 ball with a thin lubricated linen patch tolerably well but the .715 ball is much easier to load and is definitely preffered when loading cartridges. 3F powder works well both for the main charge and priming but I use 4f for priming when I use it as a squirrel gun with shot loads. It does pattern tolerable good with #6 shot B&G over powder card cushion shot and over shot card wad load. It is a bit heavy but then it is a musket. However shortening the barrel moves the balance point directly under the lock which makes it a bit awkward to carry in the right hand sometimes. It could also do with the addition of sling swivels (which one can do with after market parts). Great fun!
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Cris Cannon
2007-02-13 01:32:00
I've had my copy of the short Brown Bess for several years now. I recall when I first got it the only manufactered choices for balls were .735 and .715. I could barely push the .735s down the barrel and the .715s fell down the barrel. Neither one really worked very well. I decided to get even a little more authentic so I made my own patches from muslin sheet material and saturated the patches with rendered lard. I also had DGW make me one of their custom moulds in .725 round ball. This patch and ball combo over a 100 gr 2F load has been great fun. I used 4F in the pan. The patched .725 ball fits my Bess perfectly. As I said before I've had mine for years... maybe eight or so... and I have no intention of getting rid of it. Any shooting enthusiast who also enjoys blackpowder and history must get one.
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Phillip Michael
2008-08-21 14:38:00
This is an excellent flintlock musket. Mine has above average grain in the stock. The fit and finish are excellent. Plenty of sparks and ignition. I would not hesitate to buy another one if needed or recommend this gun. Great loaded as a .12 guage shot gun (BP Wads and over the shot card) also great with patched round ball.