Can anyone shed a bit of light on this Brown Bess?

[Brown bess from India]

Greetings all , please feel free to move this to the relevant sub forum if I am posting this in the wrong one.

This rifle has been in the family for a while

but apart from it being a brown Bess little is known. Can anyone help shed light on it ?

The length comes in at 52 inches and I took pictures of any markings I could find.

 

[Joshua Grubaugh]

3rd model brown Bess or at least it looks like it.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

I have one just like it. It’s a very late 3rd model.

Mine came from an Afghanistan bazaar with a bayonet.

 

[2 shots]

does not seem to be a bess at all, although i dont know what pattern it is off hand. some sort of
"new land" pattern maybe?? look at pictures of a 3rd pattern bees for reference.most notable is the stock.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Well, it sure doesn’t look like a Brown Bess musket. Not sure what it is! But what struck me about it right off is what is going on with the side plate and the rear lock bolt?

 

[ArmorerRoy]

Well, it sure doesn’t look like a Brown Bess musket. Not sure what it is! But what struck me about it right off is what is going on with the side plate and the rear lock bolt?

My gun is like that too. The bolt it too far back. I have seen a few that way.