The Barnett Trade Musket,Made in England by the Barnett Company, the Barnett Trade musket was a popu

The Barnett Trade Musket,Made in England by the Barnett Company, the Barnett Trade musket was a popular firearm of many arctic and subarctic Native American tribes such as the Inuit.  First produced in 1821, they were made to be lightweight and rugged.  They featured a short barrel, making it easier to wield on long hunting trips or journeys.  The trigger guard was enlarged as was the trigger itself to make the musket easier to fire with gloved hands.  Most were smoothbore, to allow hunters to hunt fowl as well as land animals as many Inuit peoples supplement their diet by hunting various migratory bird species.  The earliest models were flintlock, but later models sported the more advanced percussion lock.  The Barnett also had a dragon figure on the left hand side of the stock, as many Inuit demanded authentic pieces rather than cheap knockoffs.Typically these muskets were traded by British and American companies such as the Hudson Bay Company, the Northwest Fur Company, the Makinaw Company, and the American Fur Company.  Usually they were traded to the Inuit in return for valuable Arctic goods such as animal pelts or walrus ivory.  Production continued well into the late 1800’s, and they were so well made that many are still in use today. -- source link

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