British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Detached Lock- Nepalese Ghurka Marked U.S. Grenades Workshop Microscopes and Optical Measuring

Workshop Microscopes and Optical Measuring Tools

and the weapon tended to jam whenever a case was reinserted even slightly out of line

Victoria's Crown over Highland Light Infantry initials inside Hunting Horn over Battle Honor for ASSAYE over Elephant

will show storage age

This group is a special prize in that most of the swivel bases are unissued

British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Detached Lock- Nepalese Ghurka Marked U.S. Grenades Workshop Microscopes and Optical MeasuringOriginal Item: These are all untouched un cleaned but complete "Windus Pattern" British manufactured Brown Bess Musket Locks first introduced by the British East India Company in 1771, which continued in production until 1818. Please see the fabulous book collection "Small Arms of the East India Company 1600 1856" by David Harding, Volume 2 page 28. This is exactly the same lock adopted by the British Board of Ordnance for the Third Model Brown Bess