Original British East India Company Model A Percussion Converted Musket with British Marked Lock and Barrel - Dated 1812 Brown Bess Musket Parts however the nickel plating has

however the nickel plating has flaked and oxidized in places

Looking up Cattaraugus

The musket has a 17

The brass alloy hilt still has a some of the original gilded finish

Original British East India Company Model A Percussion Converted Musket with British Marked Lock and Barrel - Dated 1812 Brown Bess Musket Parts however the nickel plating hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Nepalese cache purchase of 2003 is truly the gift that keeps on giving, even after almost 20 years! This is a very interesting Musket that started life as a standard 39" barreled East India Company Flintlock Brown Bess, most likely of the 1771 "Windus Pattern". This was one of many cases where the EIC anticipated the changes that the British Army would take, as in 1796 they switched from the Short Land Pattern