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Old 03-16-2008, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Gobbler
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Thanks for the info // The pictures that you last posted IMO are ones that would have been used and very well done//still not a common mans gun but most certainly one I belive would have been seen and used on a regular basis.
If you are referring to the last post i made, then here are some thoughts.
1. yes, these examples are from the "finer gun makers" = Egg, Forbes, Mortimer etc. as opposed to ketland,Wilson etc.
2. But what is a "common man" ?? You may recall that David Thompson ( a surveyor, Northwest Co. explorer , map maker etc. Mid income ) carried a pair of Mortimers pistols. Also it is documented that the Amer. fur Traders were familiar with Manton's rifles (another "fine gun maker") In fact at least one was @ a rendezvous, carried by a Brit.)

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