British East India Company Pattern 1771 Brown Bess Musket Dated 1776 (w/ Bayonet): One Only U.S. Field Gear HMS Revenge was a 74-gun

HMS Revenge was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy

and the 12th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (originally the 24th

The ear flap extended well below the wearers ear and contained an ingenious flexible housing for retaining the ear phones in their proper position

The metal buckle and fittings were in gilded brass

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British East India Company Pattern 1771 Brown Bess Musket Dated 1776 (w/ Bayonet): One Only U.S. Field Gear HMS Revenge was a 74-gunOriginal Item, ONE ONLY: In 1771 The British East India Company adopted the 39" Barrel length for the standard Brown Bess Musket which had previously been 46" (as they never transitioned to the 42" barrel length). In 1796 the British Government also adopted the 39" Barrel length and logically designated it the P 1796 "India Pattern" Musket. We offer an Original East India Company contract Brown Bess Musket made by "GILL" with the early East India