Was kindof hopeful seeing a Brown Bess (for auction) featured by Ian at Forgotton Weapons this evening.
OK. The musket is cool. There are fairly few of these surviving, and many less up for sale.
The little video was OK, but a great example of when you don't know a subject, admit it and find someone who does.
The musket still has traces of some its ownership engravings, which apparently indicate it was with the 52nd Regt of Foot.
Well the lock currently on the musket is 1777 pattern. The Regiment was already here (in Boston) by 1775...
So that musket either was issued after the Regiment to get reformed, or was an earlier musket that got a newer lock at some point...
and folks, find any instance where one or two volleys were fired and then battalion charged, and I will find you a dozen actions where that did not happen.
Claiming it was here during the War for Independence may help run the price higher, but it ain't fully honest.