British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Detached Lock- Nepalese Ghurka Marked Royal Air Force in most cases followed by

in most cases followed by a lower-case single letter suffix

derived from the Villar Perosa light machine gun of World War I

A fantastic original piece of WW2 history

Original Item: The Central Powers of Austria-Hungary used

and reissued

British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Detached Lock- Nepalese Ghurka Marked Royal Air Force in most cases followed byOriginal Item: These are all untouched un cleaned but complete "Windus Pattern" British manufactured Brown Bess Musket Locks first introduced by the British East India Company in 1771, which continued in production until 1818. Please see the fabulous book collection "Small Arms of the East India Company 1600 1856" by David Harding, Volume 2 page 28. This is exactly the same lock adopted by the British Board of Ordnance for the Third Model Brown Bess