A look at the Revolutionary War era Brown Bess musket and it's role in the Battle of Great Bridge. It's now kept in the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum.

Randi Shaw with the 1st North Carolina Regiment holds the iconic Brown Bess musket in camp. Shaw came up from New Bern for the Great Bridge battle re-enactment. Bob Ruegsegger/freelance ...

The Brown Bess Flintlock Musket came in 3 sizes - Long Land pattern 1720 - 1760, Short land 1760 - 1790 and India Pattern 1790 - 1815. The barrel lengths were 46" 42" and 39" respectively.

Object Details maker Tower Description The British made flintlock, .71 caliber smooth bore design. British Short Land Pattern musket Brown Bess is the nickname of the British Short Land Pattern musket ...

The musket trade has begun at the Kerikeri Mission Station. Beautifully made non-firing replicas of the original ‘Brown Bess’ musket – which were traded between ship merchants in the Bay of ...

A team of experts put an 18th-century musket to the test — revealing how deadly it really was. At Fort Ticonderoga, a centuries-old weapon is put through a modern test. Using ballistic gel, a ...

If you've ever wanted to fire a “Brown Bess,” the British short land service pattern musket and one of early America’s most important firearms, you'll soon have your chance. As of March 19 ...

In 1776 Gen. George Washington issued an order to select men for his personal guard called the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, arming them with Brown Bess muskets. Today the Army's Company A of The ...