Original British P1730 Dated Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by Edward Cookes - Dated 1729 Brown Bess Musket Parts but it looks like the

but it looks like the upper barrel band is from a British 3 band enfield

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Overall Length: 49 Inches

The top celluloid plastic shield is still present

1894 SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 11574

Original British P1730 Dated Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by Edward Cookes - Dated 1729 Brown Bess Musket Parts but it looks like theOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptionally rare and desirable P1730 (Pattern 1730) Brown Bess Musket which was the very first pattern of Brown Bess initially known as the "King's Pattern" musket. There are fewer than 20 known surviving examples in existence today, with the majority of those guns in museums and only a handful to be known in private collections. Known museums examples are: 6 at Colonial Williamsburg 5 at Museum of Edinburgh