ANTIQUE 1840s AMERICAN INDIAN & TRAPPER FUR TRADE PERCUSSION LOCK MUSKET

FROM MY ESTATE IS THIS VERY RARE AND UNIQUE ANTIQUE 1840s ERA NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN & WHITE FUR TRAPPER FUR TRADE BLACK POWDER MUSKET --- EARLY BLACK POWDER PERCUSSION LOCK ACTION --- LARGE BORE .64 CALIBER OR 18 GAUGE SMOOTH BORE MUSKET --- HAS A 37" OCTAGONAL TO ROUND BARREL --- OVERALL 53" LENGTH .
THE PERCUSSION ACTION STILL WORKS, WITH A 2 STAGE HALF COCK FULL COCK HAMMER .

HAS NUMEROUS HANDMADE BARREL BANDS OF VARIOUS HIDES AND FURS THAT ARE QUITE ATTRACTIVE --- UNKNOWN MAKER WITH NO MARKINGS THAT I SEE --- HAS A CRUDE HANDMADE WOOD CAP/PATCH BOX IN THE STOCK .

THESE TYPE OF GUNS WERE MADE SPECIFICLY FOR THE FUR TRADE AND WERE GIVEN TO OR SOLD TO BOTH NATIVE AMERICANS AND WHITE MEN TRAPPERS IN TRADE FOR THE MANY TYPES OF HIDES AND MEAT BROUGHT IN TO THEM IN THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY .
GUN QUALITY WAS OF LOWER IMPORTANCE TO THE MEN & FUR COMPANYS AS LONG AS IT COULD KNOCK DOWN A GOOD SIZE ANIMAL OR MAN.

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