Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a third pattern or India Pattern Brown Bess 39" barrel adopted in 1796. It was the standard musket of the line during 1815 at the time of the Battle of Waterloo.
This fine musket has a solid walnut stock, all brass mounts and the lock is marked TOWER across the tail with a Crown over G.R.. It comes complete with English proffer barrel and an iron ramrod.
The brass butt plate tang bears the engraving: 42 / A / 9 indicating that the musket had been issued to the 42nd Regiment of Foot, The Royal Highland Regiment also known as the BLACK WATCH the famous Scottish regiment that fought at the Battle of Waterloo where they were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Macara, KCB as part of the 9th Brigade under Major General Sir Dennis Pack KCB.
Offered in fine overall condition.
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- This product is available for international shipping.
- IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
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