£3,000
A good .75" (10 bore) Militia Long Land Pattern Brown Bess flintlock musket, c 1740, 62" overall, barrel 46" with Tower private proofs and engraved "6=Freeman=London", the plain unbridled lock engraved "Freeman" and "6" on the tail, pale walnut stock with brass mounts including four ramrod pipes and escutcheon engraved with "M" over "6", sling swivels, original steel ramrod, and triangular socket bayonet also numbered "6". GWO & VGC (a few filled wormholes in the butt). Probably "Modernised" in the late 18th century as the sideplate is of India Pattern type. Ex Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, one of a set of 50. £3000-3200
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