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Antique BARNETT HUDSON BAY Co. Large Bore Conversion NORTHWEST TRADE GUN NATIVE AMERICAN Gun w/KETLAND & ALLPORT LOCK
Guns International #: 103287478 Seller's Inventory #: 256055
Category: Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Antique Rifles - Percussion
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
Antique BARNETT HUDSON BAY Co. Large Bore Conversion NORTHWEST TRADE GUN
NATIVE AMERICAN Gun w/KETLAND & ALLPORT LOCK
Here we present an antique Barnett Hudson Bay Company Large Bore Percussion Conversion Northwest Trade gun, made circa the early 1800s in London, England. This gun would have started out life as a flintlock and converted when the more reliable percussion system was introduced. This Barnett musket is typical of the guns made available for trade by fur trading companies in northern North America during the early and mid-nineteenth century, most notably by the Northwest Fur Company and, after 1821, by the Hudson’s Bay Company. However, the American Fur Company, the Mackinaw Company, and the U.S. Indian Trade Office also traded Barnett muskets to Native Americans.
Trade guns like the Barnett musket were typically referred to as “Northwest guns,” “Mackinaw guns,” or “Hudson’s Bay fukes.” Less expensive than guns destined for Europeans or American buyers, these Indian trade guns were normally of light weight with relatively short barrels, were usually designed to fire a shot weighing an ounce or less, and had a trigger guard large enough to allow the gun to be used with gloves or mittens during the coldest months of the year. Typically, Barnett muskets were sold with a side-plate embossed with a dragon ornament, such as this one, that decorated the side of the gun opposite of the locking mechanism, offering Indians an easily recognizable mark of authenticity. Even before the first land-based fur traders arrived in the Pacific Northwest, Native Americans along the coast had already been acquiring firearms from maritime traders for more than a generation. Because guns helped in the procurement of furs, it was advantageous for European and American fur traders to make them available for trade.
The overall condition is good. Dark original patina. The stock is re-varnished and remains solid. Absent sliver from the toe. The action is strong. The bore is dim and very good. Worn markings on the barrel.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 34-1/2 inches.
Caliber: .60 Percussion Conversion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1350
#256055
SOLD
Antique: Yes