![[NATIVE AMERICAN] Percussion English Trade Gun by Parker, Field & Sons dated 1866](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/8/58-Indian-trade-gun_6ad0b1e016642-full-69440700_1792061921-6ad0b1e1a989b.jpg "[NATIVE AMERICAN] Percussion English Trade Gun by Parker, Field & Sons dated 1866")
[NATIVE AMERICAN] Percussion English Trade Gun by Parker, Field & Sons dated 1866
.59 caliber smoothbore. 36.5" pinned three stage octagon to round barrel. Oxidized brown patina, brass and iron furniture, walnut stock with rudimentary raised carved aprons at the tang and behind the lock mortise. Single shot percussion muzzleloading trade gun with the traditional trade gun features of a three-screw brass "serpent" side plate, an oversized iron triggerguard, two corrugated brass ramrod thimbles with no entry pipe, a flat, screw retained brass buttplate, no rear sight, remnants of a brass post or bead front sight ad an old and crude "blacksmith" made iron ramrod with a tulip tip that is lead filled. The Enfield style percussion lock is marked in three lines, "PARKER / FIELD & SONS / LONDON". Only remnants of what appears to be a single post-1813 Birmingham proof are present on the breech.
A classic example of an English made trade gun for the Native American market. These guns were probably the most ubiquitous arms to be in the hands of the Native Americans during the 1870s and while many natives were armed with repeating firearms from companies like the New Haven Arms Co., Winchester and Colt at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, firearms recovered after the battle and forensic archeology suggest that those warriors were far more likely to armed with a trade gun like this than anything more modern. {ANTIQUE}
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Good. Bore dark and oxidized with pitting. Metal with a mottled and oxidized brownish gray patina with some indications of an old cleaning, as the definition at the barrel stage transitions is weak. Lock markings remain clear, breech markings weak. Mechanically functional lock. Many of the barrel pins have been replaced with old nails, probably from the period of use. Wood well worn with numerous bumps, dings, nicks and marks. Old cracks are present in the counterpane and at the tail of the lock mortise. Found with splintered loss along the upper edge near the muzzle.
.59 caliber smoothbore. 36.5" pinned three stage octagon to round barrel. Oxidized brown patina, brass and iron furniture, walnut stock with rudimentary raised carved aprons at the tang and behind the lock mortise. Single shot percussion muzzleloading trade gun with the traditional trade gun features of a three-screw brass "serpent" side plate, an oversized iron triggerguard, two corrugated brass ramrod thimbles with no entry pipe, a flat, screw retained brass buttplate, no rear sight, remnants of a brass post or bead front sight ad an old and crude "blacksmith" made iron ramrod with a tulip tip that is lead filled. The Enfield style percussion lock is marked in three lines, "PARKER / FIELD & SONS / LONDON". Only remnants of what appears to be a single post-1813 Birmingham proof are present on the breech.
A classic example of an English made trade gun for the Native American market. These guns were probably the most ubiquitous arms to be in the hands of the Native Americans during the 1870s and while many natives were armed with repeating firearms from companies like the New Haven Arms Co., Winchester and Colt at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, firearms recovered after the battle and forensic archeology suggest that those warriors were far more likely to armed with a trade gun like this than anything more modern. {ANTIQUE}
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Good. Bore dark and oxidized with pitting. Metal with a mottled and oxidized brownish gray patina with some indications of an old cleaning, as the definition at the barrel stage transitions is weak. Lock markings remain clear, breech markings weak. Mechanically functional lock. Many of the barrel pins have been replaced with old nails, probably from the period of use. Wood well worn with numerous bumps, dings, nicks and marks. Old cracks are present in the counterpane and at the tail of the lock mortise. Found with splintered loss along the upper edge near the muzzle.
