Brown Bess Rifle Flintlock 41.75" .75 Caliber (Taylor's)

Brown Bess Rifle features a lock with the signature of the gunsmith William Grice and the date of 1762 the crown and the alphabetical letters GR (George Reigning). The smooth bore barrel is made of steel, satin finish, the walnut stock is oil finished.

The Brown Bess was the musket used by the English troops during the Empire extension and the consolidation in India and America. Veteran of the Seven Years War, it was used also by Wellington during the war in the Iberian Peninsula and at Waterloo. The infantry troops of almost the entire world used it, from the European Nations allied with the English to the Mexican troops, who used it until the last battle with the United States on the 13th of September 1874 at Chapultepec. This reproduction has a lock with the signature of the gunsmith William Grice and the date of 1762 the crown and the alphabetical letters GR (George Reigning). The smooth bore barrel is made of steel, satin finish, the walnut stock is oil finished. The bayonet and scabbard are available as optional accessories.

Imported by Taylor's and Company