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Jul 13, 2023 · 'Brown Bess' is something of an endearment as a term and its use is nowadays applied to almost any British military musket. Much as the seldom used term 'firelock' could be applied to almost any muzzle loading gun - although its …
John Miles Brown Bess EIC pattern type 1 copy????? - Tapatalk
Jul 6, 2012 · It is as far as I can see an as good as identical copy of the Brown Bess EIC type 1 musket. 39 inch 75 cal smoothbore musket with a triangular bayonet. It has been in the same family ownership since the war of 1812 but the last owner died without passing on any info about it other than it had been in the family for many years.
Help With 3rd Model Brown Bess Markings - British Militaria
Oct 18, 2024 · I recently acquired a Brown Bess 3rd Model in a trade, and need some help identifying markings. There are no GR markings, so I assume it is not a government issued rifle, but the barrel markings may reveal something. Thank you for your help (I know the hammer is incorrect and a replacement).
Brown Bess stock wood - British Militaria Forums - Tapatalk
Feb 3, 2019 · The stock of the long Enf d rifle patt n /53 is made of the Sap, or outside of the tree - the heart wood being reserved for the Short rifle. Commentary This revelation that the short rifle had a superior heartwood stock sheds interesting light on the fact that the performance of the P/60 and P/61 short rifles was better than the P/53’s.
British brown bess percussion help - British Militaria Forums
Jan 20, 2018 · It looks like an India Pattern Brown Bess converted to percussion after its military life. The comb of the butt has also been altered considerably with quite a bit if wood being removed. The marking on the buttplate probably indicates issue to the 8th Regiment, also know as the Kings Regiment.
Brown Bess Preproduction Kit - British Militaria Forums - Tapatalk
Nov 20, 2021 · Does anyone have any experience in building a complete gun from a RS kit, or recommend a different make of Brown Bess kit? I know the RS casts their parts from molds from actual historic firearms, which is why I think building a reproduction from one of their kits would be a more faithful reproduction than a completed Brown Bess such as a ...
Help to identify "Brown Bess" T,Potts London - Tapatalk
Mar 13, 2011 · What do you guys think about this flintlock rifle, i think its an civilian made "Bess", but what do you think? its mark H on stock just behind the Screw for the Barrel, and H on backplate. i really like the light colored stock and the "tiger striping" in the buttstock. Lock marked T,Potts London. Best Regards Patrik
Brown Bess - British Militaria Forums - Tapatalk
Nov 14, 2009 · A minor point Hombre, but the Brown Bess was a 'Musket' or 'Musquet' in the spelling of the period. It is a smooth-bore not a 'Rifle' which is specifically a firearm with a grooved barrel. The common word used in the period for the infantry long arms, both muskets and rifles, was 'Firelock' which originated in the late 17th Century and was used ...
"WARRANTED" Brown Bess info needed, PICS - Tapatalk
Mar 21, 2009 · It is a Trade Gun but it is also contemporary with the India Pattern Bess in the British Army. It wil be post Waterloo and very likely intended for the Africa Trade, its value being one Male Slave. The slave trade was banned by the British and actively campaigned against by the Royal Navy throughout the period but still thrived in spite of that ...
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Jan 27, 2014 · I also have another fun "half brown bess", half because it is a mismatch of english and french elments: at first it is a french modéle an IX infantry rifle, BUT the barrel is hold in place in the brown bess way, no more french steel bands around the barrel, just pins under it in the wood. The mechanism is french BUT the hammer is english.