Original British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket- Nepalese Gurkha Marked Lock Hand Select:No Original Item: Called Sniper Mittens

Original Item: Called Sniper Mittens because they have a separate compartment for the index or trigger finger

"cbl" indicates that the case was made by Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG in Nurnberg A key to the manufacturers' codes can be found in German Military Letter Codes 1939 - 1945 by John Walter (IMA Product Number MB1052)

They are fragile and can easily break

ram rod pipes and brass patch box in the butt

Original British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket- Nepalese Gurkha Marked Lock Hand Select:No Original Item: Called Sniper MittensOriginal Item (except where specified): It is no secret that included in the extraordinary cache of arms purchased from the Royal Nepalese Armory by IMA there were a limited quantity of original 18th Century British Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets. Regrettably, they were in a deplorable condition having arrived in Nepal via the East India Company sometime before 1820 and laid undisturbed, and not cared for, since the 1850's. These Brown Bess Muskets are