Wilson English Trade Gun

This is a Caywood Early Wilson Trade Gun, .62 caliber with a barrel length of a bit over 41 inches. Th stock is stained a dark walnut with home made stain, and all the steel parts received a cold blue finish that resulted in a pleasant dark gray finish. I finished building it quite some time ago but this is the first time shooting it. I apologize for the poor video quality. Hopefully one day I will be able to purchase a real video camera. If you enjoyed the video, please consider subscribing to my channel.
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."
Galatians 5:1 NKJV

[@noapologizes2018]

Every sense I began with black powder I have enjoyed watching these types of videos. To me flintlock shooting is the pinnacle of artistic marksmanship. In my opinion, any damn fool can purchase an AR-15 platform with a nice scope and hit the bullseye repeatedly. But with a flintlock, there is a longer learning curve. They are masterful works of art.

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

It still takes some modicum of skill to actually deliver the round in a bullseye with an AR, but what's certain about front-loading flintlock or cap & ball is that efficiency is not the goal of the game, but the exploration of this way more involved method of shooting that elevates the same achievement. You can hit bullseyes at 200yd with a .45 flintlock rifle just as easily as with a bare rifle once it gets down to aiming, but measuring the powder charge, loading it and seating the projectile correctly are what turn the shooting experience more interesting, almost zen-like.

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Wow I haven't even finished the video and I love that trade gun!!

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks Garrett!

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

Hey I know you. But. I agree beautiful firearm

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Really like that bag aswell

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

That's my smoothbore bag!

[@terrencethompson1343]

Very good hope you’re are well

[@SOvideography]

It's good to see you in another video, love the trade gun, pouch, and camp! God Bless

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks Josh. Hope to be a little more regular in making videos.

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

What a beauty

[@calebblackwell2160]

That is a sweet looking gun!

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thank you sir!

[@larryreese6146]

That is a fine looking gun and a place like Turkey Creek should have a turkey somewhere about. Looks like you do good work.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks Larry! There is a video on my channel showing a gobbler that I took right here on my place. Check it out when you get a chance. TC

[@georgegooding8207]

Some of the older gentlemen that I shoot with can usually (at least 90% of the time) hit their targets at 75 to 100 yards. Q uite a few of them are shooting flint smoothbores.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

That's encouraging George. I have VERY LITTLE experience shooting smoothbores but plan on doing it a lot more in the future. I've always been a rifleman but now that I have two .62 caliber smoothies, I look forward to enjoying them.

[@garymyersgarym6434]

Grate video nice trade gun much better than my Italian gun.

[@hectorfarm9416]

Nice looking trade gun. I enjoy shooting light weight smooth bores. They are easier on my old back.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks sir. I don't have a scale but this one is noticeably lighter than my English style Colonial fowler.

[@IntheBlood67]

When ya started talkin "wasp nests" and "makin yer own powder", I knew I had found a true Human Being! Watch yer top knot and keep yore powder dry!

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks for the comment Sarge! The old frontier ways are way more interesting than modern ways. Glad that you and me are in the same camp. Keep yer flint sharp and your primin' dry Compadre, AND STAY FREE! By the way, you look a whole lot like Lee Marvin! Lol

[@IntheBlood67]

@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj Amen Amigo!

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Hey would you care to make a video just on your smooth borebag and what you carry In it I am in the process of making a bag and I really like the design of yours

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Hey Garrett, I'll see if I can find some time to do that Brother!

[@bkauffman0390]

Very nice! I liked hearing that male cardinal, he soon shut his yap ....must thought it wasn't a good place to hang out after that 💥. I don't know if I mentioned to you in past comments, my mom's brother lives just north of Alliance, NE. I farmed out there 4 summers in the mid 2000s. Summer '07 I visited the fur trade museum, then went through the museum once again when my wife, kids and I visited my aunt and uncle Summer of 2019. Great museum! Keep up the content, camera issues are sure a pain. I missed out on good footage at a flintlock shoot this past Saturday due to dead batteries. Oh well. Take care

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks Brian! Yes, I was glad to hear one of our cardinals enjoying the morning. Usually all you hear are our chickens! Lol. Our son is a gunsmith at a custom shop in Sturgis SD, so I like to stop at the museum whenever we get up that way. Always interesting even if you've seen it before. I had the dead battery thing when I was videoing my camp during the snow storm. That's why I was only able to post the short video of it. Thanks for watching my videos. I enjoyed your muzzleloader shoot video, even though you didn't get any shooting footage. TC

[@bkauffman0390]

@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj I'm sure you can learn something new each time you visit. What town are you near in Oklahoma? May have to get ahold of you if we are ever out that way. Maybe you be said and I didn't catch it, how far were you shooting there?

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

We're SW of Enid in the NW part of the state. Mostly rolling prairie; cattle and wheat country. I was shooting at 25 good paces.

[@bkauffman0390]

@@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj oh man I wasnt too from you at all those past summer! We visited her uncle and family just north of Newton, KS over the 4th.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Yeah, probably a little over a hundred miles maybe. I still have a lot of Mennonite kin up around Newton and Goessel. Haven't been up there in many years.

[@MTwoodsrunner]

Beautiful gun amigo...she do kick a mite...what she weigh?...woods

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks Runner! I don't have a scale but this gun is considerably lighter than my Colonial fowler.

[@wayneblair288]

Nice gun. Smoke sticks are fun.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Thanks Wayne. I enjoyed building it, and enjoy shooting it even more! Keep your flint sharp and your priming dry! TC

[@calebblackwell2160]

Did you ever get around to making your own powder and if so how did it perform? I make my own (corned) and it performs really well.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

No sir, not yet. Life is too busy, but it is definitely on the front of the list.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

I want a NW trade gun bad!

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

I sold the first one I built several years ago and really miss it. Even though I still have the Wilson, I REALLY have a hankerin' for another NW gun, so I totally understand your desire! TC

[@michaelbagley9116]

Shooting smoothbore. it was not uncommon for shot to be premeasured and wrapped in paper. Even if the powder was measured and dropped separately.

[@olskool3967]

was that a wild rooster crowing in the wilds of the wilderness where you were camping?