This is a clip from "Warriors of the Dawn: Indigenous Weapons and Tactics of King Philip's War" by Atun-Shei films (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMXKXoA1_gQ ).
People talk about the Pilgrims, but they neglect Jamestown's Starving time. This occurred during the winter of 1609-1610, when two-thirds of the Jamestown colonists died of starvation, disease, and Indian attacks. Any firearms they had weren't very helpful.
As this native American interpreter points out, as I have as well, firearms during this period were expensive. They aren't inexpensive now either with the low end being around $200 for a new handgun. Maybe one can buy a beat up, used one for less than that. AR-15s start arround $450 and go up, with something like an H&K 556 at around 3k or Knight's Armament KS-1s being around 5k.
But a modern firearm is machine made, whereas firearms in prior to the 19th century were pretty much handmade. So, think about buying something like a Purdey, Holland and Holland, and Westley Richards did make firearms for the British Military. Maybe that's why they have a thing for overpriced guns for the army.
The US war for independence bankrupted the country. Toss in the colonists would probably have lost if they didn't get help from France, or use stolen British arms.
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