Original British East India Company Brown Bess Short Musket by Henshaw with Grenade Cup and Letter- Ship Melville Castle Historical Military Books Knobkieries was occasionally used during

Knobkieries was occasionally used during World War I

This is probably due to the Army and Navy contracts overlapping

73 and the Grenade

On the rearward portion of the receiver above the saddle ring bar

It is finished in gun blue and in the stove black used on most British small arms of the Second World War

Original British East India Company Brown Bess Short Musket by Henshaw with Grenade Cup and Letter- Ship Melville Castle Historical Military Books Knobkieries was occasionally used duringOriginal Item: Only One Available. Included with our purchase from the old palace of Lagan Silikhana in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2003 here is very interesting P 1771 EIC Brown Bess Musket that has had the original 39 inch barrel shortened to 26 inches for the express purpose of converting it to a "Grenade Discharging Gun". These types of muskets were typically used at sea to launch incendiary grenades to set fire to the sails of any hostile predators.