Long Land Pattern Brown Bess

Long Land Pattern Brown Bess – It served the british well into the 1830s and. Many brown bess forms shared. This pattern 1740 first model long land pattern brown bess was assembled from castings made by the rifle shoppe. By the early 1730s, however, the distinguishing characteristics of the brown bess emerged in what came to be known as the “king’s arm” or “long land pattern” musket.

There were three fundamental variations of this first category: It is the result of two years of research and development. Rifles are sexier with greater range and accuracy, but they take too long to load. The short land pattern brown bess was developed shortly after.

Long Land Pattern Brown Bess

These were completed originally with a 62 inch length barrel. The main weapon of choice during the american revolutionary war was the long land pattern musket, or smoothbore muzzleloader, used by both the british army and patriotic rebels. 58.5 in (1,490 mm) barrel length:

Design details the brown bess was a smoothbore musket. The 1730, 1742 and 1756 patterns. 10.5 lb (4.8 kg) length:

Flintlock.78 inch musket, long land pattern, 1742 (c) the long land pattern, commonly called the ‘brown bess’, was the standard british army musket for. The brown bess was also sturdier than its predecessors and better withstood soldierly abuse. Long land pattern musket or ‘brown bess’, 46 inch barrel, 1727 pattern.

The long land pattern, commonly called the ‘brown bess’, was the standard british army musket for most of the eighteenth century. Long land brown bess (“first pattern”): The long land pattern musket and its derivatives, all 0.75 inch calibre flintlock muskets, were the standard long guns of the british empire’s land forces from 1722 until 1838,.

Brown Bess .75 Long Land Pattern 1720