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"
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