A warrior's musket was usually a trade gun, lighter and slimmer than a soldier's. The French supplied fusils from the royal arms works at Tulle. The British bought light guns from Birmingham and London makers, many fitted with a brass side plate cast in the shape of a serpent. Owners often decorated the stock with brass tacks hammered in patterns. A gun was only as good as its upkeep, though: springs broke, flints wore down and locks failed. Native nations regularly asked their European allies for a resident gunsmith. Keeping one at a post to mend warriors' guns free of charge was part of the price of an alliance.

This warrior plants his feet wide and throws back his head to yell, his musket raised high overhead in one hand and his other arm flung out. The gun's stock is decorated along its length in a zigzag pattern. His body is painted black and his face red. He wears silver armbands, a beaded shoulder strap hung with pouches, and a blue breechcloth striped in white above his moccasins. Put him at the centre of a war party breaking from cover, with Native Warrior Swinging Gunstock War Club and Native Warrior Loading Musket on either side. Add "The New Trade Coat" Native Warrior with European Trade Coat to round out the scene of trade goods carried into war.

W. Britain model 16088. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted groundwork base. Boxed.