RARE**British WD / Board Of Ordnance Georgian Enfield Tower .800 Calibre Brown Bess Musket Converted C1840 To Pattern 1839 Percussion Short Musket For Royal Navy Issue. A 1104 Muzzleloader .79 Rifles

**RARE**British WD / Board Of Ordnance Georgian Enfield Tower .800 Calibre Brown Bess Musket Converted C1840 To Pattern 1839 Percussion Short Musket For Royal Navy Issue. A 1104 - A 1104

The British Ordnance System converted many Brown Bess flintlocks into the new percussion system known as the Pattern 1839 Musket. A fire in 1841 at the Tower of London destroyed many muskets before they could be converted. The Brown Bess conversions saw service until the middle of the nineteenth century. Guns such as this example were aboard ship and equipped Naval brigades ashore during the Crimean war and Indian Mutiny amongst others into the 1860s. This is a scarce, British Georgian Enfield Tower .800 Calibre Brown Bess Musket Converted C1840 To Pattern 1839 Percussion Musket For Royal Navy Issue. The Brown Bess lock plate of this example has Crown GR (George Rex) Tower (Enfield) and WD / Board Of Ordnance inspection mark. The undamaged, all original, Walnut stock has brass furniture. The 31 ½” sighted barrel’s smooth bore has staining and residue consistent with age & use. The barrel has crisp black powder proofs. The weapon measures 47 ½” overall length. It has its original iron ram rod. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 1104

£975.00