Brown Bess India Pattern 140 cm


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

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.


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

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sold INDIA PATTERN BROWN BESS MUSKET sold ROA Antique Arms

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.


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

A good quality reproduction of the Indian Pattern Brown Bess with features that include a polished steel 99cm (39) barrel. Hardwood stock complete with brass furniture. Overall length: 140cm (55). Weight: 4kg (8 1/2 lbs) approx. .75 cal smoothbore. Excellent quality Indian made reproduction. Shooting with a reproduction India Brown Bess Muzzle.


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

India Pattern Brown Bess (Third Model) (573) The India Pattern Musket was originally made for the East India Company, but in 1793, the English were very short of arms and decided to adopt the East India Pattern which was easier and cheaper to make,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.


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

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Original English India Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Marked to

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.


British M1810 India Pattern Flintlock “Brown Bess” Musket Antique

"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)

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


India Pattern Brown Bess Musket. SN 8768 West Street Antiques

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.


British India Pattern Brown Bess Musket

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

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

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.


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

The India Pattern was 55 inches in length and had a 39-inch barrel. It was introduced in large numbers after 1793. A sea service variant featured simpler furniture and a 37-inch barrel. A Short Land New Pattern version was introduced in 1812 for light infantry featured a reinforced hammer. (Image source: WikiCommons)


British India Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket with Barnebys

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.


Antique British Brown Bess India Pattern Flintlock Musket Napoleon War

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.

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