9th Virginia
32 Cal
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I have 2 Rifle Shoppe Long Land Brown Besses that I shoot. One has to go to make room for an incoming custom Type G.
The musket I’m selling has the “Wooldridge” marked lock. Correct view & proof marks. Good hickory ramrod with correct brass head. Good shooter. No idea who did the assembly, but the stock is “purty”. The inletting and architecture are sweet as you can see. I got it in “loved & used” condition from Lodgewood. Since then, it’s been used onsite at Fort Necessity, Fort Pitt, Fort Ligonier & Fort Dobbs and carried on solo scouts across Chestnut Ridge as well as deer hunting in the Ohio Country. Needs to get a good home. $1900 plus shipping includes a flashguard if you want it, custom defarbed bayonet made to match an original sold by Orchard Hill Antiques. And bayonet scabbard matching a Fort Ligonier dug scabbard. That Long Land bayonet socket had been cut & expanded, quite possibly in Winchester, Virginia in 1758 when about 1,000 Virginia Provincial Brown Besses were refitted. Spare and broken bayonets were altered as expeditiously as possible to get the muskets in soldier’s hands for the Forbes Campaign. Looks ugly on purpose, but works wonderfully.
This musket has been meticulously oiled, cleaned and cared for in the time I’ve been honored to own it. I paid $2300 for the musket alone, but I’ve gotten good use from it and don’t need that full amount to pay for the Type G.
Glad to provide more pictures.
Thanks for your consideration.
Dave
I have 2 Rifle Shoppe Long Land Brown Besses that I shoot. One has to go to make room for an incoming custom Type G.
The musket I’m selling has the “Wooldridge” marked lock. Correct view & proof marks. Good hickory ramrod with correct brass head. Good shooter. No idea who did the assembly, but the stock is “purty”. The inletting and architecture are sweet as you can see. I got it in “loved & used” condition from Lodgewood. Since then, it’s been used onsite at Fort Necessity, Fort Pitt, Fort Ligonier & Fort Dobbs and carried on solo scouts across Chestnut Ridge as well as deer hunting in the Ohio Country. Needs to get a good home. $1900 plus shipping includes a flashguard if you want it, custom defarbed bayonet made to match an original sold by Orchard Hill Antiques. And bayonet scabbard matching a Fort Ligonier dug scabbard. That Long Land bayonet socket had been cut & expanded, quite possibly in Winchester, Virginia in 1758 when about 1,000 Virginia Provincial Brown Besses were refitted. Spare and broken bayonets were altered as expeditiously as possible to get the muskets in soldier’s hands for the Forbes Campaign. Looks ugly on purpose, but works wonderfully.
This musket has been meticulously oiled, cleaned and cared for in the time I’ve been honored to own it. I paid $2300 for the musket alone, but I’ve gotten good use from it and don’t need that full amount to pay for the Type G.
Glad to provide more pictures.
Thanks for your consideration.
Dave
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