The Type C Trade Gun.

[@thatsthewayitgoes9]

Good looking good shooting gun

[@Odawa]

Nice looking flintlock great job....

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you Sir!

[@revere0311]

what an aesthetically looking firelock. Thanks for sharing!

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ChacoteOutdoorRecreation]

That is going to be one happy customer!

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you!

[@2gpowell]

Hi Ben, very beautiful flintlock great shooter! Nice job.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you!

[@davefellhoelter1343]

NICE! Looking! Wow! Got me motivated to finish my last polish and into my rusting chamber for my 1st riffle, and cap lock! Fast, fast, FAST! sounded like one bang! Thanks Again! Keep those Smoke Poles SMOKING!

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you! Yes Sir, a well tuned flintlock shoots pretty darn fast.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

I've always had an affinity for the french fowlers. Beautiful musket and nice shooting.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

They are nice. Thank you!

[@rquest3059]

Absolutely a gorgeous weapon you made.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you!

[@randiegadberry5448]

Great looking firearm!

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you!

[@franciswashack89]

Pretty gun, good shooting and nice video.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you!

[@flintymcduff5417]

Fine Fowler. You do good work. And the good news is as long as your propane tank has a regulator Blue Rhino will take it in exchange!

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you! She might not hold gas now lol!

[@BlueRidgeCritter]

Thank you for another great video. Pretty gun, and boy, what a fast lock time! And, true to form, the tank dies again! Bwahahaha!! Now that I think about it, that’s actually a really good target. You could punch holes all through it, slap some paint on it, and keep rolling. And, you don’t have to worry about ricochet.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you! It is a fun target!

[@110665]

Great vid as always....how about a vid on your antiquing process...I have my own but I like to see how others do it too...cheers

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Will put it on the list. Thank you!

[@robertshuffelen9172]

I have a question. I thought most French trade guns had 46 and longer barrels? Also the front sight is very close to muzzle. Not complaining as I dont like the front sights very far from the muzzle myself. But it seems to me that most front sights on original guns were 6-7 " inches from muzzle. I'm just wondering if these things were done to the taste of the customer or if you have documentation of the barrel length and sight distance?

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Hi Robert, yes this one was shorter than most but it was copied from an original carrying this same length of 41" barrel. The front sight follows that same original. Would have to look to find the original reference.

[@rickgaston7118]

Video way too dark to see details . Over all your presentations are spot on .

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Thank you! Wanting to invest in better camera equipment one of theses days.

[@CaptRons18thcentury]

Sweet…

[@johnauberry1500]

If you put a ferro rod in a flint lock and roughed up the frizzen would it work?

[@flintymcduff5417]

Interesting question but not sure of the answer. It would probably be better to build a sytem around that concept-more like a wheel lock.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Never tried it. Not sure.

[@johnauberry1500]

@@flintymcduff5417 probably right.

[@rickgaston7118]

Some of your videos are rather dark , hard to see details . Otherwise very well done

[@steveg8322]

Step out into the sunlight,good fellow.🌞

[@JosemarioBarbosa-b9w]

Quanto custa uma arma dessa

[@HoffmanReproductions]

About $2,700.00

[@TheHuntercamper]

yeah I checked out sitting fox....way way out of price range

[@HoffmanReproductions]

They are about the same as the other semi custom parts stores I've found. Yes indeed, prices are going up all over.

[@BlueRidgeCritter]

I just went and looked, too. Ouch. I wonder if there is some quality reason, why there are about twice as much as other kits. Like, are the parts all made here in the US or something, as opposed to the near east? Just curious.

[@corneliussulla9963]

Sir, do you know if the 3,5-foot-barrel-rule applied only to Minute Men or to every militia member of the Revolutionary War?

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Not something I've heard of Sir as far as a rule goes. I do know that militia members where required to "have a serviceable firelock" along with other gear, but never have come by barrel length requirements. Please feel free to share any info. Thank you!

[@corneliussulla9963]

@@HoffmanReproductions I ve heard it in two videos about Minutemen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJu3m6aQZcyjnLM&ab_channel=MinuteManNPS and kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGXGdJmheNKYhc0&ab_channel=MinuteManNPS Sorry, Im pretty clueless, from Europe and trying to decide which Kibler Longrifle kit to order when I have saved the money. Thats why Im asking. ;-) The Woodsrunner is slightly shorter than what the rule says.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

@@corneliussulla9963 Thank you! Have never come a crossed that one, but hey, new info pops up from time to time. Thanks for sharing!

[@briansherrillruralliving9708]

I really like Fusils, in fact I probably like better than the English trade guns. Unfortunately my ancestors were from the Southern colonies and English so I'm trying to stick with what they probably used. I'll probably have a Fusil someday just because I like them so much.

[@HoffmanReproductions]

Both types are fun! I like shooting them both as well.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

I love the lines of the French muskets as well, but like you, have English ancestors (who settled in Mass Bay Colony in the 1630s on one side and 1710 in Maine on the other) so I felt that an English fowling piece was the one to start my gunbuilding with back in 2010. Also likely what the MA ones would have been equipped with on bunker hill. (That or a liberated early Brown Bess)

[@briansherrillruralliving9708]

@@krockpotbroccoli65 in other words, we both have an English problem LOL