Original British Third Model Brown Bess Musket Marked Chatham R.N. Sharps Rifle CVW-14 deployed aboard USS Enterprise

CVW-14 deployed aboard USS Enterprise for its first peacetime deployment in ten years

Good used condition

In short order most of the British Regiment of the 24th foot were attacked by surprise and totally annihilated despite their modern martini rifles against clubs and spears

which hold the rounds parallel to the axis and are fed by spring tension

Item B12 as shown in diagram

Original British Third Model Brown Bess Musket Marked Chatham R.N. Sharps Rifle CVW-14 deployed aboard USS EnterpriseOriginal Item: Only One Available. Dating from the late 1790s or early 1800s this is a classic early Third Model Brown Bess Musket having been officially adopted in 1796. The lock bears the Royal Cypher marking with a crown over G. R. and is also marked TOWER across the lock tail. It has simplified all brass furniture including an S pattern side plate, which indicates private purchase. The 39 inch barrel bears British proof marks along with "CHATHAM.