Brown Bess pistol

[rt6425]

I want to make a flintlock pistol in the style of the brown Bess, but roughly the size of the sea service pistols. I want to make the barrel as well. Where can I find dimensions of the barrel and a pattern for the stock?

 

[Flintandsteel]

Was there a brown Bess pistol?
Don’t know where you’d get dimensions if they didn’t.

 

[earlwb]

I think the OP is thinking about the flintlock Tower Pistols. Those came in some big calibers such as .69 and .75. These were the military pistols assembled at the Tower of London around the 1760s time frame.

 

[Colonial Boy]

I think the long SeaService pistol would look the part.

 

[rt6425]

The tower pistols are what I’m trying to replicate. Ideally, I’d like 75 caliber.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
First none were made in 0.75 caliber. So which pattern pistol? Pattern 1730 land service, pattern 1738 land service, pattern 1756 light dragoon, pattern 1759 Elliot's light dragoon, pattern 1760 Royal Forester's light dragoon? For sea service there is the pattern 1718, pattern 1756, and pattern 1777. They all differ. Buy a copy of Bailey's "Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms" . The Rifle Shoppe sells parts for many of those patterns.

dave

 

[Flintandsteel]

Dave wins the day! Knowledge is an incredible thing.
Thanks Dave!

 

[Poguetx]

I have one of the old Dixie Gun Works Tower pistols in .69 cal. The light Dragoon or Sea Service are very similar.

 

[springfield art]

I thought the Sea Services, as made in India nowadays, were cool until seeing one in person; THEY ARE HUGE! But if that's what someone wants, so be it! They are handsome, though.

 

[Clark Badgett]

The 1738 land service is probably the best looking of the bunch.

 

[sportster73hp]

A quick google gave a 1738 at Rock Island Auction

 

[Commodore Swab]

Probably something like this with a "bump" like an earlier brown bess.

https://veteranarms.com/shop/pistols/​1738-Land-Service-Heavy-Dragoon-Pistol-p203644054

 

[rt6425]

I like the idea of either the land or sea service, but I want to make almost all of it myself. Where can I get the pattern of the stock and size of the barrel?