Original Brown Bess

[Grenadier1758]

And I believe that @Flintlock12's Brown Bess was taken off display and placed in storage without notification that it was available for return. Since it was no longer planned to be part of a display, there was no need for the Alamo to keep it. It has been returned to the rightful owner as per the terms of the loan.

 

[sturmkatze]

BS

His father loaned the Brown Bess to the Alamo. If the father wanted the Brown Bess to stay with the Alamo, he could have just given it them. He didn’t, so it now belongs to the son. The son can dispose of it as he sees fit.

I love all you closet socialists telling a grown man what he should or shouldn’t do with his property.

The OP can paint the BB purple for all I care. He can tie a boat anchor to it and throw it in ocean. He can also squeeze every single penny he can get for it. It’s his property to sell.

What hypothetically you or other detractors would do is irrelevant. You don’t own it and I really doubt many would do any different if they found themselves in the same shoes. We’ll never know, because you aren’t in his situation and it isn’t your property.

Socialist huh? What do you know? I said the truth. And, I doubt his father would be proud of him. As for you, who cares what you think? He posted it here and he can deal with the replies.

Good lords, I don't even like museums -- they and the nps treat reenactors like garbage. However, the only reason that you put a condition on a donation is so that they won't sell it -- which museums do. I stand by what I said, greed.

 

[sturmkatze]

And I believe that @Flintlock12's Brown Bess was taken off display and placed in storage without notification that it was available for return. Since it was no longer planned to be part of a display, there was no need for the Alamo to keep it. It has been returned to the rightful owner as per the terms of the loan.

Then he should have said that. I'd have yanked it too. He didn't say that.

 

[Grenadier1758]

@sturmkatze, @Flintlock12 did say that in the original thread about his efforts to recover the loaned Bess from the Alamo Museum.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/gun-in-alamo.129660/

 

[sturmkatze]

Will then I missed it. All the talk of selling. I do find museums annoying and stopped patronizing them. More the woke aspect of it. But then socialists like me...

 

[BatBoy]

Socialist huh? What do you know? I said the truth. And, I doubt his father would be proud of him. As for you, who cares what you think? He posted it here and he can deal with the replies.

Good lords, I don't even like museums -- they and the nps treat reenactors like garbage. However, the only reason that you put a condition on a donation is so that they won't sell it -- which museums do. I stand by what I said, greed.

Socialist huh? What do you know? I said the truth. And, I doubt his father would be proud of him. As for you, who cares what you think? He posted it here and he can deal with the replies.

Good lords, I don't even like museums -- they and the nps treat reenactors like garbage. However, the only reason that you put a condition on a donation is so that they won't sell it -- which museums do. I stand by what I said, greed.

It’s always “greed” when it’s someone else’s property with your type.

 

[sturmkatze]

It’s always “greed” when it’s someone else’s property with your type.

Your type huh? Says someone who probably voted for ol' puddin' cup. It's Billy Bob's like you that are killing the country.

 

[ScottNE]

and likely some skinny, underripe man-children who stay squeezed in their deluded world thinking others believe they have wisdom, experience and valid opinions. The way they complain has me convinced they are all woke school board members with man buns.

I do indeed possess a lovely, flowing mop of hair that typically rides uponst my noggin in a bun.

Laugh all you want, one quick adjustment and my hair is the height of fashion, circa 1763!

 

[manbat]

I do indeed possess a lovely, flowing mop of hair that typically rides uponst my noggin in a bun.

Laugh all you want, one quick adjustment and my hair is the height of fashion, circa 1763!

Well, I have to confess that my lovely, flowing mop of hair is nothing more than a mere memory. All I can do is bow my thinned noggin and relay the best to those of you with enough hair to put in a bun. Enjoy it!

Your point about adjusting it and you are aligned with the fashion of the period made me do some research. Turns out you are 100% correct.

 

[2 shots]

???????? was not this about a scarce brown bess ?? who gives a crap about your hair?

 

[ScottNE]

???????? was not this about a scarce brown bess ?? who gives a crap about your hair?

Just attempting to introduce a bit of levity since the conversation had already touched on the topic of hair. Manbuns may well look silly but men wore their hair long in the 18th century as we all know, what’s old is new, etc.

If you had your reading glasses on I think you’d have noticed that the topic stopped being about the Bess in question rather quickly

 

[2 shots]

yeah , that seems to be an issue here, things go off track rather quickly. too much complaining going on. guess thats what us cranky old *&#$^%!* do. [only including myself so that this does not come back and bite me in the butt ] . have a great day.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Nothing wrong with cranky old B11111ds, they make good company (somrtimes )

 

[2 shots]

indeed

 

[Flintlock12]

Socialist huh? What do you know? I said the truth. And, I doubt his father would be proud of him. As for you, who cares what you think? He posted it here and he can deal with the replies.

Good lords, I don't even like museums -- they and the nps treat reenactors like garbage. However, the only reason that you put a condition on a donation is so that they won't sell it -- which museums do. I stand by what I said, greed.

My father wrote a clause in the contract for his musket to be returned to his heir if ever taken off display, it was taken off display and the Alamo upheld the contract.

 

[Flintlock12]

@sturmkatze, @Flintlock12 did say that in the original thread about his efforts to recover the loaned Bess from the Alamo Museum.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/gun-in-alamo.129660/

Thank you, this link to the original forum of my story getting it is all the context everyone who is loving to hate needs to read.

 

[sturmkatze]

This is still going on?

 

[OldSmoky1967]

Hello all,

I am posting out of curiosity, and the idea that all things are for sale for the right price. Most will tell me to keep this musket, but I have my reasons for possibly selling.

I’ll tell the information I “know” about this musket.

My father loaned this Dublin stamped Brown Bess to The Alamo in 1980. It stayed on display there for decades, until last year I made the move to remove it, as my father had put a clause in his contract with them. It was an extremely hard task bringing this musket out of The Alamo and into my possession. They said it has never been done before and they were extremely upset about losing it, as it was the only example of this model of Brown Bess they had.

I believe it’s a Pattern 1777 Short Land Musket, marked Dublin Castle. I have all of the paperwork from The Alamo.

I can send more photos or specific information if asked.

Congratulations on your recovery of this beautiful piece of family history.

 

[rhart]

Nice Brown Bess.