160 pages. 11" x 8.5". Almost 1,000 color photographs. A pattern-by-pattern, full color guide to these British muskets, including the India Patterns. The book includes a Quick Identification Guide, straightforward explanations of common Brown Bess markings, and an illustrated bayonet guide. An excellent new reference. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

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Title

THE BROWN BESS: AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE AND ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF BRITAIN'S MOST FAMOUS MUSKET

Publisher

Andrew Mowbray Publishers

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

1931464448

ISBN 13

9781931464444

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

New

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A pattern-by-pattern, full-color guide to the muskets of the Red Coats! Learn to identify and understand Brown Bess muskets quickly and easily. Useful features include: quick identification guide, 959 detailed photographs, straightforward explanation of common Brown Bess markings and an illustrated bayonet guide.

Review

Packed with high-quality, detailed photographs of the different types, patterns and parts of the eponymous musket... This is a useful, attractive and valuable book for anyone with any interest in the British Long Land Musket known for so long as the 'Brown Bess.' --Stephen Wood, Society for Army Historical Research

Redefines books on muskets...groundbreaking...dynamic and engrossing. --The Brigade Dispatch, Autumn 2010

A MUST-OWN for the Brown Bess collector... There is not a better reference that is more fully illustrated in minute detail than this. --Gary R. Roedl, Gun Report

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