On the grounds of the present-day Alexandria, Va., courthouse, an interesting Model 1816 Springfield musket was found, muzzle ...

The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution. 1637 - First use of firearms ...

"Brown Bess," a British musket, was also used during the War of 1812. "Brown Bess" is the nickname given to the muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket. While "Brown Bess" was the ...

The period of the Mountain Men and their signature firearms is short but outstanding: the golden age in the early 19th ...

They were there to see the demonstration of a new type of flintlock musket designed by Honoré Blanc, a gunsmith from Avignon so despised by his fellow makers, that he had been holed away in the ...

The Brown Bess Flintlock Musket came in 3 sizes - Long Land pattern 1720 - 1760, Short land 1760 - 1790 and India Pattern 1790 - 1815. The barrel lengths were 46" 42" and 39" respectively.

Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins, a flintlock, an unusual tan vase and a mysterious set of bronze keys, according to a news release from 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC.

This heavily entrusted flintlock was found over the summer as ... Removing the hundreds of years of encrustation may reveal a musket ball, but it’s equally likely a great deal of deterioration ...