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SHORT LAND PATTERN 1777 BROWN BESS MUSKET. Cal. 75. NSN. This exact weapon is pictured & described in Bill Ahearn’s 2005 text “Muskets of the Revolution”, pages 64-66. The pattern 1777 Short Land Musket was the final design of the Ordnance longarms used by British troops during the American revolution. The 42” bbl. is engraved “60 REGT” w/ military proofs on top of breech. “SG” is stamped on left breech designating “Samuel Galton” of Birmingham as bbl. contractor. Stock mounted to bbl. w/ 4 brass ramrod pipes, the second from front has the new tapered design introduced by John Pratt that helped seat the ramrod easier. Ramrod engraved “352”, the lock has GR cypher forward of cock & “TOWER” vertical at tail. The thumbplate is engraved “60” over indiscernible 2nd battalion marking. The 60th regiment of Foot was among the most famous units of the war taking part in fighting from the earliest days in 1775 to the end. They took part in some of the bloodiest fights in the southern campaigns. The 60th captured Sunbury, Georgia January 1779, fought Colonel William Moultrie at Port Royal in February & in March fought in the swamps approaching Savannah killing over 200 Americans & capturing many more. By the fall of 1779 the 60th was defending Savannah & elements were assigned to other Carolina, Florida & Georgia posts. By 1781, troops of the 60th were reassigned to West Indies & some going back north. This musket was reportedly found near the ruins of Ft. Ticonderoga (page 66-Ahern) by a Civil War veteran in NY cavalry, Joseph Myers who was hunting near Ft. Defiance, unlikely as this story sounds, this arm was part of Ft. Ticonderoga museum collection deposited by his daughter October 5, 1936 & it remained in museum till 1994 when transferred to his grandson. Regardless; this is a well known & published “Royal American” 60th Regiment Brown Bess musket that presents beautifully. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: large file of documentation & original correspondence. CONDITION: good to very good as refinished & (remember this was found hidden in woods in 19th century & put into museum in 1936). Metal overall is brown patina, stock is varnished, partial storekeepers mark visible & initials “DW” carved on left side of buttstock, brass polished, markings mostly discernible but weak in areas as can be seen in photos. Mechanics need attention, smooth pitted bore. PROVENANCE: Joseph Daniel Myers, Ticonderoga, NY (1832-1920); Mrs. Phoebe Matilda (Myers) Clifton (1885-1978); Bernard Clifton (1915-1999); Bill Ahern collection, 1994. (01-17464/JS). ANTIQUE. $7,000-9,000.
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