Loading and Firing a Brown Bess Musket in the Eighteenth Century

The main weapon of choice during the American Revolutionary War was the Long Land Pattern Musket, or smoothbore muzzleloader, used by both the British army and patriotic rebels. This design was developed in the early 1720’s in England and was used by many nations’ infantries throughout the rest of the century until the 1830s. It … Continue reading Loading and Firing a Brown Bess Musket in the Eighteenth Century