Original British Manufactured P-1818 East India Company Transitional Brown Bess Musket Restoration Materials 1) Butt plate checkered pattern

1) Butt plate checkered pattern

Characteristics:

The type 97 tank gun however was a license built copy of the ZB design and used in the tanks of the Japanese army

The strategic importance of Okinawa was that it provided a fleet anchorage

Pickelhaube style leather body with sheet steel front and rear peaks with brass trim and fittings

Original British Manufactured P-1818 East India Company Transitional Brown Bess Musket Restoration Materials 1) Butt plate checkered patternOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is the only example we found in 55,000 antique gun purchase from the Royal Nepalese Army in 2003. This is the final version of the Brown Bess Musket the East India Company introduced that later transitioned into the percussion system in 1839. This musket represents the change from the "Windus" system, in place since 1771 to the new "Baker" system fully adopted in 1819. The Baker system simplified many elements