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A VERY GOOD (AMERICAN CAPTURED/USED) AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR EMERGENCY PRODUCTION (P. 1779-S) SECOND MODEL/SHORTLAND PATTERN BROWN BESS MUSKET, ca. 1779: In overall very good original flintlock condition with generally smooth metal and wooden surfaces and a deeply toned age patina overall. Of Regulation Second Model/Shortland Pattern Brown Bess P. 1779-S (American Revolutionary War Emergency Production) design. The 42", iron, pin-fastened, .78 caliber barrel with its front-sight/bayonet-lug and a baluster turned breech with a center-line, Board Ordnance Proof mark. Regulation Shortland Pattern, molded & carved, walnut fullstock with a raised carved "beaver tail" apron, around the barrel tang and a raised lobe, at the ramrod entry. Marked behind the trigger-guard with a Board of Ordnance Crown/Numeric Acceptance mark and with a Revolutionary War period (Non-Dated) Storekeeper's mark, on the right side of the buttstock. Also, marked with several Board of Ordnance inspector’s marks, in the ramrod-channel. Shortland Pattern 1779-S brass mounts, the salient feature being its raised “S-shaped” sideplate without a tail. The buttplate with a pin-fastened three-stepped tang, the trigger-guard with a raised hazelnut finial and four (4) baluster-type ramrod pipes: the second pipe of "Pratt-type" design. An unmarked Shield type wrist escutcheon with matching, smooth, golden-brown-mustard toned, brass surfaces. Regulation Pattern 1777, Thread engraved, Brown Bess lock with a teardrop finial frizzen-spring and two screw-tips, behind its original gooseneck hammer with correct "Wartime" notched top spur. Colonial American "Wartime" effaced Crown/"GR" Royal Cypher and a matching effaced "TOWER", on its tail. The removal of these markings was a common Colonial American "Wartime" practice, found on many captured and American Used English Muskets: please see G. C. Neumann's: "Battle Weapons...". In overall very good untouched original flintlock condition. The stock with smooth, dark-brown-colored, walnut surfaces, 85%+ finish, visible markings and various scattered handling marks, minor old fills, signs of use, abrasions and several old sliver losses, on the edge of the forestock. The barrel with generally smooth & untouched, gunmetal-toned, steel surfaces and a fine touch hole and bore. Very good lock with its original components, functional mechanics: the mainspring somewhat fatigued, and untouched steel surfaces with a dark gray age-patina. Complete with its original button-head ramrod; and both of its sling swivels, long removed: a commmon practice of Colonial American Troops. Overall length, 58". A very good example of a Rare American Captured/Used Revolutionary War Emergency Production Second Model Bess Musket, ca. 1779. The Pattern 1779-S Shortland Musket was the "Emergency Production" longarm accepted by the Board of Ordnance, ca. 1779 to arm the British troops fighting the American Colonists. Its reduced hardware (sideplate) made the musket quicker and less costly to produce. *** For similar examples and additional information, please see George C. Neumann's: "Battle Weapons of the American Revolution", pg. 68 and Bill Ahern’s: “Muskets of the Revolution”. *** A scarce Pattern 1779-S American Revolutionary War Produced & Colonial American Captured/Used Brown Bess Musket. Recently discovered in Washington, Co. Rhode Island and acquired from a local family estate collection. Price: $12,775.00 |
