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trade gun Fur Trade, Hist. 
a type of muzzle-loader prominent among the trading goods of the fur companies.
See also: Indian gun
- 1896 The Indians' guns were of the pattern known in the country as "trade guns." They were of small bore, long, single- or double-barrelled, muzzle-loaders of light weight.
- 1921 . . . the old-time "trade gun" (which came to be a primary item in an Indian trapper's equipment). . . .
- 1896 The Indians' guns were of the pattern known in the country as "trade guns." They were of small bore, long, single- or double-barrelled, muzzle-loaders of light weight.