1796 EAST INDIA TRADE COMPANY CONVERSION MUSKET: 3rd pattern Brown Bess, 1796 dated Thomson lockplate with East India Company ''heart'' mark, converted to percussion. Barrel marked with Birmingham proof marks, VEIC ''heart'', Thomson, 1796. Stock marked with C over 35, buttplate marked FV 27. Brass furniture, action currently cocks and holds. 39'' smooth bore barrel, overall 55''.
CONDITION: Loss and crack on stock, wear to metal. Burchard Galleries does not endorse the firing of ANY antique firearm