English Long Land Service Musket

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Title

English Long Land Service Musket

Description

This English Land Service Musket follows the design of the standard shoulder weapon issued to the British foot soldier during the early decades of the 18th century. The English walnut stock supports the musket's iron barrel which is pinned to the stock. The three round iron pins run through the stock and barrel. The brass furniture includes the trigger-guard plate, rounded side plate and an elongated butt plate over the stock butt. The brass thimbles secure the musket's wood rammer under the barrel. The wood rammer is possibly the original rammer issued with the musket. The musket includes the early “banana-style” lock plate which is stamped with the lock manufacturer's name “R Watkin.”

Caliber: .75
Weight: 9.8 lbs.
Length: 62 1/8"
Barrel: 46"

Source

Brown, M.L. Firearms in Colonial America: The Impact on History and Technology 1492-1792. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980.

Date

c. 1730-1740

Rights

George C. Neumann Collection, Valley Forge National Historical Park

Identifier

VAFO 106

Original Format

Photograph