Original East India Company Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Converted to Model A Percussion Company Musket Brunswick Rifle These are still issued to

These are still issued to British troops throughout the world

either one round at a time or by means of five-round chargers

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The left side of the receiver is marked "SHARPS RIFLE CO

Original East India Company Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Converted to Model A Percussion Company Musket Brunswick Rifle These are still issued toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This, of course, came from our purchase of antique firearms in Nepal in 2003. This is an extremely rare variant, in that it is one of the very few Model A Company Muskets we recovered. The big push to convert flintlock muskets to percussion was really initiated by the East India Company in the early 1830s, the British followed suit in 1839, late as usual. These percussion muskets were known as company muskets and