Original British Tower Marked 3rd Model Brown Bess Converted to Percussion Short Musket with Baker Bayonet Bar British Uniform 7678 on the barrel and

7678 on the barrel and right side of the butt stock

Again it has been left entirely "as found

which have removed some of the blade polishing

Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton is a large multi-role air station with an annual budget of some £61 million

The Receiver tang shows the Remington Patent information clearly in three lines of small print

Original British Tower Marked 3rd Model Brown Bess Converted to Percussion Short Musket with Baker Bayonet Bar British Uniform 7678 on the barrel andOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice percussion converted example of a British Third Model Brown Bess, which looks to have had a very interesting history! Also known as the "India Pattern", this was the standard Musket of the line during 1815, the time of the Battle of Waterloo. The style of the stock and fittings would indicate production in the early 19th century, and it was then shortened by 9 inches to have a 30 inch . 75"