Item Description
Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is a very nice British third model Brown Bess musket dating from between 1797-1805. It features a classic 39" barrel in .75" caliber with English proof marks and a square tang. The lock is marked TOWER with CROWN over G.R. The fine walnut wood stock with a banister rail has full brass furniture and brass butt plate. Indicating that this was n early third model Brown Bess example as the hand rail butt stock was done away with after 1807.
Shows use around touch hole otherwise in amazingly tight and clean condition. This is the musket the British used to fight the French after the French Revolution, the American War of 1812 and finally to rout Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It was officially replaced in 1839 with the same musket converted to percussion and later manufactured in percussion.
This is a classic English made example of the Third Model Brown Bess Musket offered in wonderful condition.
NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these.
- 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.
These antique guns are not sold in live condition. They are sold as collector’s items or as wall hangers. Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns.
Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe. Please note that for international shipping, these MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services.
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