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Third Model India Pattern Brown Bess Musket Cowan's Auction House

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British India Pattern (3rd Model) Brown Bess Musket Cowan's Auction

The India Pattern musket, nicknamed the Brown Bess, was the gun carried by most of our troops on that fateful day in June 1815. Mark Murray-Fletcher of the Royal Armouries traces its history. The simplicity of the 1793 India Pattern musket made it easy and cheap to produce. TAGS: military waterloo

Antique British Brown Bess India Pattern Flintlock Musket Napoleon War

The India-pattern Brown Bess, though a simplified form of other, earlier versions, was still an elegant, rugged firearm. It served the British well into the 1830s and other forces considerably later than that. That being said, actually the gun wasn't just one arm but several, and its name wasn't really Brown Bess.

A Brown Bess India pattern flintlock musket with GR Tower lock

Skip to the beginning of the images gallery. Product Description. Brown Bess Inert Flintlock Musket India Pattern. A good display piece or wall hanger, the Brown Bess has a 99cm steel barrel, lock and ramrod, brass furniture and a hardwood stock. Overall Length 140cm. For UK sales of Inert Long Guns no licence is required. Additional Information.

British India Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket with Barnebys

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British India Pattern (3rd Model) Brown Bess Musket Cowan's Auction

Soldiers hugged Brown Bess for over 100 years, since it was a reliable weapon and only had to be slightly modified over the decades. This is an exact reproduction of the India Pattern, a version that was first manufactured for the British East India Company and issued to standard infantry.

Unique India Pattern Type 2 Brown Bess “New York” Marked (AL4828)

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Brown Bess India Pattern 140 cm

Year of Manufacture: Circa 1796 Caliber: .75" Musket Ammunition Type: Lead Ball & Powder Overall Length: 55 inches Barrel Length: 39 inches Action: Flintlock Feed System: Muzzle-Loaded NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these.

British India Pattern Brown Bess Musket

India Pattern Musket. During the American Revolution, muskets, their attached bayonets, and cannons were the primary weapons supplied. The British Land Patterned muskets, nicknamed "Brown Bess", were introduced in 1722 and produced into the 1860s. Other weapons were available such as rifles and pistols, but muskets were preferred because.

India Pattern Type II Brown Bess Musket by J. Potts (AL4842)

This is an India Pattern musket, nicknamed the "Brown Bess". This was the standard weapon for ordinary soldiers (other ranks) in the British infantry. About three million were made between 1793 and the end of 1815. It was the most common weapon that the British Army used in its 20 years of war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

India Pattern Brown Bess Musket. SN 8768 West Street Antiques

3rd Model Brown Bess A.K.A. East India Pattern Click on photos for detailed information Tweet A full view of the piece, which features a 39" barrel. View from the left. These differ from the earlier Land Pattern muskets in that there is no tail on the sideplate. A view of the lock. The lock is marked with the King's Cypher.

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Born From Need For Small Arms The "Bess" Kipling blessed was the .75 caliber flintlock musket that faithfully served British infantrymen from the 1730s through the end of the Napoleonic era and beyond. The Brown Bess evolved from a need to standardize British service small arms.

Original English India Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Marked to

" Brown Bess " is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army 's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. The musket design remained in use for over a hundred years with many incremental changes in its design.

British Pattern 1809 Brown Bess Musket India Pattern Type III (AL4781)

79 65 Corporal Oct 13, 2020 #1 After waiting for what seems like an eternity, my recently purchased Brown Bess has finally arrived. I believe it to be an 1810 india pattern Brown Bess. This is my first flintlock musket purchase so I have been doing as much research as I can and hopefully I haven't bought myself a dud.

India Pattern Type II Brown Bess Musket by J. Potts (AL4842)

This Brown Bess musket is a "third model" otherwise known as an "India Pattern" musket made after the East India Company introduced improvements and they were later adopted for arms manufactured for the British military.

A British Military India Pattern Brown Bess Musket Snaphaunce

India Pattern Brown Bess (Third Model) (573) The India Pattern Musket was originally made for the East India Company, but in 1793, the English were very short of arms and decided to adopt the East India Pattern which was easier and cheaper to make, with simplified a butt plate, trigger guard, and side plate. Deleting the thumbpiece and one thimble.