ANTIQUE 1770-1820 BRITISH MADE FOR THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE FLINTLOCK MUSKEt

OFFERED UP FOR YOUR EARLY NORTH AMERICAN HISTORICAL WEAPONS COLLECTION IS THIS NICE — RARER 1770-1820 MADE IN ENGLAND BLACK POWDER MUZZLE LOADING FLINTLOCK ACTION MUSKET — MADE FOR THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FUR TRADE COMPANIES SUCH AS THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY FOR HUNTER TRAPPERS TO USE FOR SELF DEFENSE AND HUNTING — ALSO WERE TRADED TO INDIANS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, TO BRING PELTS, FURS AND MEATS TO MARKET — IT IS .65 CALIBER, HAS BRITISH PROOFS AND THE BRASS SERPENTINE REVERSE BACKPLATE THAT IS TYPICAL OF SUCH GUNS — HAS THE OCTAGONAL TO ROUND BARREL USED ON EARLY GUNS — THE FLINTLOCK ACTION WORKS FINE AND STRONG — OVERALL LENGTH IS 62.5" WITH A 46.5" BARREL — GOOD FULL LENGTH DARK HARDWOOD STOCK WITH A BRASS BUTTPLATE, TRIGGER GUARD AND BRASS WOODEN RAMROD FERRULES — I AM SELLING OFF MY 55 YEAR PLUS COLLECTION DUE TO AGE AND HEALTH — OFFERED AS YOU SEE THEM, THAT IS HOW I BOUHT THEM OVER THE YEARS