1831 Dated British TOWER Antique INDIA Pattern BROWN BESS FLINTLOCK Musket Imperial & Napoleonic Wars Infantry Arm

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1831 Dated British TOWER Antique INDIA Pattern BROWN BESS  FLINTLOCK Musket

Imperial & Napoleonic Wars Infantry Arm

Here we present an antique Brown Bess Flintlock Musket made in England circa the early-to-mid-19^th Century. This is an India Pattern musket, nicknamed the “Brown Bess”. This was the standard weapon for ordinary soldiers in the British infantry. It is called the India Pattern because it was originally designed to arm the private army of the Honorable East India Company, which governed India until the Mutiny of 1857. It was very similar in form to an earlier type of musket known as the Short Land Pattern, which was introduced in the early 1740s for cavalry soldiers known as “dragoons”.

This pattern of Brown Bess is the same that fought Napoleon Bonaparte in numerous iconic battles, as well as the United States and their American Indian Allies during the War of 1812. This pattern may also correctly be called the “India Pattern” since the Honorable East India Company was the entity responsible for this update to the gun that had been around since 1722. When war with France loomed on the horizon, the British Board of Ordnance diverted these muskets from the EIC contract to supply the war effort. The success of this model can be gauged by the fact that between 1793 and 1815, nearly 3,000,000 guns were produced. Although the Birmingham gun trade was responsible for the majority of the production, the London gun trade played a part, through gun makers such as Ezekial Baker, William Parker, Thomas Reynolds, and Durs Egg. According to the London proof-house records, they and others in London were responsible for producing 845,477 muskets.

Overall condition is good. Patina throughout. The action is strong. The bore is smooth and dark. The stock has a repair above the rear of the lock, a repaired chip at the heel on the left side, and a bit of filler at the toe. Remains solid overall. There is a matching “G2804” number atop the barrel and the butt plate. Birmingham proofs on the barrel. There is a Broad Arrow and Board of Ordnance marking with a date of 1831 on the left side of the butt stock.

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Barrel is 39 inches.

Caliber: .75 Flintlock

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$3500
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