Is this a third pattern brown Bess (India Pattern) or a Tower 1839 musket? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It’s 39 inches, which is consistent with a third modelThe lock plate appears a little bit smaller than the mortise (looking at the gap at the tail), so it originally had a longer lock I think. Also, I am not sure of the actual Bess pattern but that long return on the butt plate looks like an early model Brown Bess. What is the barrel length?
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