Brown Bess Musket

The British flintlock musket that dominated 18th-century warfare/Historical

The Land Pattern Musket, nicknamed 'Brown Bess,' was the standard British military musket from 1722 to 1838, serving through the Seven Years' War, American Revolution, and Napoleonic Wars. The Long Land Pattern version was 1.59 m long with a 1.17 m barrel firing a 19 mm (.75 caliber) lead ball. The musket weighed about 4.7 kg and had an effective range of only about 75 m due to its smoothbore barrel. A trained soldier could fire 3-4 rounds per minute. Over 4 million were produced.