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Hunting guns were made at St. Etienne and Tulle, the first official mention of them is for two hundred in 1695. They are slightly more slender than the Military Fusils, they vary between .60 and .62 caliber. The 1696 contracts were for 600 guns a year for five years with 45" barrels to be shipped to Canada, in 1716 and 1734 contracts were for 43" barrels, one contract in 1713 specified 46" barrels to be steel mounted with the exception of a few ordered with brass mounts. It is believed in all contracts that about 6,000 were sent to Canada. The locks on these weapons don’t have either internal or external bridles but were well made and function very well. The French used a very peculiar butt shaping with comb to wrist blending that is difficult to reproduce unless you have studied the French firearms from 1680 to 1740 period. The fusil we reproduced here is a St. Etienne marked gun and has a very nice and graceful stock with all lock and tang mouldings in place. The lock plate measures 6" x 1 1/16". The throw of the cock is 1 3/4". It has a 43 1/2" octagon to round barrel in .62 caliber.
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We stock many items, but each item is custom cast or made by us to the exact specifications of the originals parts, we have copied. Due to the investment casting process which we use there are sometimes delays due to this process which in turn requires patience from our customers, the average delivery time on our parts is between 60 and 90 days, if the parts you order are not in stock. We assure you that the quality of our parts is well worth any wait, as many of the items we make have never been offered by anyone before. If you are serious about the authenticity of your weapon then the time will be a small price to pay. Many of the pictures shown on this web site are of original pieces. We do not sell any original pieces on this web site only reproduction's of the original parts we have copied. If the item description does not say assembled then you are buying the castings of that particular item. To see the difference between an assembled lock and a set of lock castings please click the button below.
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