Original British East India Company Brown Bess Short Musket by Henshaw with Grenade Cup and Letter- Ship Melville Castle U.S. Marines USMC receiving royalties on the manufacture

receiving royalties on the manufacture of their firearms

They became a colony of the British Empire in January 1916

The Model 1868 and Model 1870 Rifles both used the Model 1863 stock slightly modified and it is in very good plus condition with only minor dings and scratches and what appears to be its original oil finish

II T stock

The butt plates on the IMA stocks show the BSA information

Original British East India Company Brown Bess Short Musket by Henshaw with Grenade Cup and Letter- Ship Melville Castle U.S. Marines USMC receiving royalties on the manufactureOriginal Item: Only One Available. Included with our purchase from the old palace of Lagan Silikhana in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2003 here is very interesting P 1771 EIC Brown Bess Musket that has had the original 39 inch barrel shortened to 26 inches for the express purpose of converting it to a "Grenade Discharging Gun". These types of muskets were typically used at sea to launch incendiary grenades to set fire to the sails of any hostile predators.