RARE AND ORIGINAL DUBLIN CASTLE BROWN BESS FLINTLOCK MUSKET CIRCA 1795
$2300.00 Plus insured shipping
A rare Dublin Castle Brown Bess Flintlock Musket. 39" barrel in very good condition with proofs and inspectors crown mark regulation .75" bore. Lock plate and furniture with no border line engraving (as noted on later genuine Dublin Castle locks) with DUBLIN CASTLE engraved to tail, Crown over GR under pan, Swan Neck cock of 1793 pattern, all original with excellent patina. Lock build Roman Numerals on lock parts, and inside lock mortise. Strong working action. Regulation 1793 brass furniture marked 6/11 to the butt plate tang with the Dublin Castle feature (seen on the handful of these 39" muskets surviving) of a flat side plate (as opposed to rounded/raised on normal 1793 Pattern) marked PATTISON. M. J Pattison was a Government contractor who had a business in Dublin c1790-1840.
Missing sling swivels, front sight bayonet lug, trigger guard is cracked but present, has some cracking but very minimal.
$2300.00 Plus insured shipping
A rare Dublin Castle Brown Bess Flintlock Musket. 39" barrel in very good condition with proofs and inspectors crown mark regulation .75" bore. Lock plate and furniture with no border line engraving (as noted on later genuine Dublin Castle locks) with DUBLIN CASTLE engraved to tail, Crown over GR under pan, Swan Neck cock of 1793 pattern, all original with excellent patina. Lock build Roman Numerals on lock parts, and inside lock mortise. Strong working action. Regulation 1793 brass furniture marked 6/11 to the butt plate tang with the Dublin Castle feature (seen on the handful of these 39" muskets surviving) of a flat side plate (as opposed to rounded/raised on normal 1793 Pattern) marked PATTISON. M. J Pattison was a Government contractor who had a business in Dublin c1790-1840.
Missing sling swivels, front sight bayonet lug, trigger guard is cracked but present, has some cracking but very minimal.
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