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Very Rare British Short Land Pattern Brown Bess Musket with "NY/21" Surcharge by Clark
Guns International #: 103542542 Seller's Inventory #: 52543
Category: Military Rifles - British - Military Rifles - Antique
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
NSN, .75 Caliber, 41 7/8" barrel with a good, lightly pitted bore. This is one of a small number of similarly marked muskets, most probably built by Watell Clark, who operated on High Holborn St., London (1790 & 1813). The barrel and lock of this musket has an overall mottled gray patina with some areas of light-moderate pitting scattered about, heaviest towards the breech end of the barrel, and a mild yellow-ochre patina on the brass fittings. The top of the barrel has a still visible "LONDON" marking engraved near the breech, some further proofs, and a simple "CLARK" maker’s marking in block capitals on the otherwise unadorned lockplate. The area around the vent has heavier pitting and mild surface oxidation throughout. The pin-fastened stock has numerous handling marks, bruises, and blemishes scattered about the added oil finish, but there are no cracks or chips present. The musket was never given a wrist escutcheon, but has a unit marking on the buttplate tang: "N = Y / 21" with a small "26" marking stamped into the comb just ahead of buttplate tang, as well as stamped into the brass on the sideplate. These muskets were furnished with Brown Bess type metal ramrods, and one is still present, while the lock is fully functional, locking firmly at half and full-cock. The significance of the "N = Y" stamp on this and other known examples has been a source of confusion confusion over the years, with some speculating that they were issued to Loyalist New York militia troops. Modern scholarship has shown that they were most likely issued to volunteer units in Britain, with these examples carried by troops in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry (N = Y). Some of the examples sold recently were out of the Hampden House collection of Buckinghamshire, and this example is in very good-fine condition overall. Antique;
SOLD
Antique: Yes