Original British East India Company P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Parts Set- 1770s or 1780s Dated and Marked Lock Hand Select:No The knapsack (lower bag) had

The knapsack (lower bag) had two straps to close its main flap and side straps to hold the lower arms of the horseshoe blanket roll (if rolled the long way)

powder and projectile were loaded from the muzzle

Original Item: These have only just come into the country and are old Antique Red Fire Buckets from perhaps as far back as the 1940s

Bearing WWI dates they do show rust staining but are fully serviceable

As you might expect

Original British East India Company P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Parts Set- 1770s or 1780s Dated and Marked Lock Hand Select:No The knapsack (lower bag) hadOriginal Item (except where specified): It is no secret that included in the extraordinary cache of arms purchased from the Royal Nepalese Armory by IMA there were a limited quantity of original 18th Century British Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets. Regrettably, they were in a deplorable condition having arrived in Nepal via the East India Company sometime before 1820 and laid undisturbed, and not cared for, since the 1850s. These Brown Bess Muskets are