AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WARS & NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA** Original, British, Pre 1785, Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess .75 inch Calibre, Smooth Bore Musket with 4 ram Rod Tubes. Sn - 21851:4 British, Pre 1785, Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess .75 inch Calibre, Smooth Bore Musket with 4 ram Rod Tubes. Sn - 21851:4 Muzzleloader .75 Rifles

This is an original, unmessed with early British Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch barrel Brown Bess .75 inch calibre musket. The musket measures 58 inches overall with a barrel length of 42 inches. The barrel has and has Crown & GR proof marks stamped on top of the breach which dates it to pre 1785. After that date, the proof marks were stamped on the side of the breech. The lock has the early swan necked cock and is fitted with the double bridal, a modification introduced after 1760. The swan neck lock and the lockplate both have double line engraving. The lock plate measures 7 x 1 ¼ inches is nicely engraved with TOWER GR (George Regina) and an inspection mark. The cock clamp screw is both screwed and slotted. The steel frizzen spring has the correct finial next to the mounting screw. The stock has 4 brass ram rod pipes, the top one has the trumpet shape and the second one has a coned front of the early muskets. The bottom two pipes are parallel is form. The stock is carved round the squared off barrel tang and the breech has the baluster turning in front of the tang. All of the screws and fittings are in good condition with little signs of wear. The butt is fitted with the short land pattern butt plate and has the blank brass escutcheon at the wrist held in place by a single screw through trigger guard. The musket is fitted with the correct steel mushroomed head ramrod. There is not much wear to the musket and the lock works nicely. The barrel has a nice patina and the bore has staining and residue with use. The walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks with only minor knocks and bumps with age and at some stage had an old contempory repair to the stock and fore end which has been nicely done. This is nice untouched example of an early Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:4