Original British P1730 Dated Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by Edward Cookes - Dated 1729 Russian Artwork & Posters Each will have a head

Each will have a head and a wood shaft but they will be missing the base caps

business cards

The leather nose-piece and chamois backing are both in excellent condition but the rubber face pads have hardened with age (very typical)

and the inspector declared they were “unfit for the present fixed ammunition in general use

was however markedly ramped up during wartime

Original British P1730 Dated Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by Edward Cookes - Dated 1729 Russian Artwork & Posters Each will have a headOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptionally rare and desirable P1730 (Pattern 1730) Brown Bess Musket which was the very first pattern of Brown Bess initially known as the "King's Pattern" musket. There are fewer than 20 known surviving examples in existence today, with the majority of those guns in museums and only a handful to be known in private collections. Known museums examples are: 6 at Colonial Williamsburg 5 at Museum of Edinburgh