Original British Tower Marked 3rd Model Brown Bess Converted to Percussion Short Musket with Baker Bayonet Bar British Uniform The ACS was then redesignated

The ACS was then redesignated the Airways and Air Communications Service (AACS) on 11 September 1946

which have removed some of the blade polishing

The owner of this jacket is unknown

The Receiver tang shows the Remington Patent information clearly in three lines of small print

7678 on the barrel and right side of the butt stock

Original British Tower Marked 3rd Model Brown Bess Converted to Percussion Short Musket with Baker Bayonet Bar British Uniform The ACS was then redesignatedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice percussion converted example of a British Third Model Brown Bess, which looks to have had a very interesting history! Also known as the "India Pattern", this was the standard Musket of the line during 1815, the time of the Battle of Waterloo. The style of the stock and fittings would indicate production in the early 19th century, and it was then shortened by 9 inches to have a 30 inch . 75"