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Chalk one up to drunken fingers. It is, indeed, the Brown Bess.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM, David Parkhill
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> Carl:
> No, I have not. I did find a site on Yahoo Search that shows a picture of a
> Brown Bess, (colonial date) that seems to have the type of Butt plate that
> was shown. Where may I find the Brown Bass examples you refer to? This is
> interesting!
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> Thanks for your re[ply.
> DP
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> At 03:26 PM 12/2/2009, you wrote:
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>> Have you looked at the Brown Bass pattern 1730/1742 Long Land musket?
>> These two models used the stepped butt plate.
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>> Carl
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Carl G. Carlson-Drexler, MA (ABD)
Department of Anthropology
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187
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