Brown Bess Regiment marks

[backsplash75]

You tell me!?


Why don't you look on Gunbroker under the heading of Brown Bess, There are at least two or three 1809 Pattern Bess muskets having stamped lockplate markings.

this is what the stamped ones look like. Your pictures look like an engraved lockplate to me.




another one here https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=63769.0

I'd love to get a detail shot of what I believe is "28 REGT" on the barrel above the p/v marks. If that is a 28th Regt marking, as I mentioned based on DeWitt Bailey's info it was most likely in existence, but not used in America proper during the war; more likely in the West Indies portion of that conflict as they requested new arms to replaced worn out ones in 1778.  Very cool gun!

[WESTbury]

Longknife,

Even if you can never be exactly sure of the regiment number, it is a giant plus just to have a marked wrist plate and "REGt" on the barrel. You are fortunate.

Kent