Original 19th Century Early Experimental Breech Loader - Smooth Bore with Rifled Barrel Insert Brown Bess The hat is in solid

The hat is in solid old condition

though the edges are still proud over the lock plate

he enlisted in His Majesty's (King George III) Navy and served at the Battle of the Nile aged just 15 in 1798 and again at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

various armory museums rebuilt these old cannon barrels into life sized functional examples of these very primitive weapons

but with a rounded barrel and somewhat different rammer

Original 19th Century Early Experimental Breech Loader - Smooth Bore with Rifled Barrel Insert Brown Bess The hat is in solidOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Received from the fabulous collection of Antique 19th Century experimental and Trial guns from Kansas City comes this little gem. No body seems to have any idea of it origin: It could be European, or it could be American. It appears to have made use of a JAEGER type Rifle barrel with sword bayonet mounts on the right hand side like a BAKER or BRUNSWICK Rifle, but this in NOT BRITISH. The very heavy action is of brass with