Still, the Brown Bess saw service until the middle of the nineteenth century. A fire in 1841 at the Tower of London destroyed many muskets before they could be converted.

The British Ordnance System converted many flintlocks into the new percussion system known as the Pattern 1839 Musket. 75 caliber flintlock muskets, were the standard long guns of the British Empire's land forces from 1722 until 1838 when they were superseded by a percussion cap smoothbore musket. The Long Land Pattern musket and its derivatives, all. These versions include the Long Land Pattern, Short Land Pattern, India Pattern, New Land Pattern Musket, Sea Service Musket and others. It was in use for over a hundred years with many incremental changes in its design. This musket was used in the era of the expansion of the British Empire and acquired symbolic importance at least as significant as its physical importance. User dependent usually 3 to 4 rounds a minuteīrown Bess is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. Long Land Pattern, Short Land Pattern, Sea Service Pattern, India Pattern, New Land Pattern, New Light Infantry Land Pattern Cavalry CarbineĠ.71 inches (18 mm) musket ball, undersized to reduce the effects of powder fouling. Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, American Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, Texas Revolution, Seven Years' War, Anglo-Zulu War (Limited), British Colonisation of Australia, Paraguayan War British Empire, USA, Mexico, Various Native American tribes, Zulu warriors, Empire of Brazil

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