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Canadian War
Museum keen
to get hands
on musket
HAMILTON - The Canadian War
Museum is trying to get its
hands on a Brown Bess musket
that is the hands of police.
According to an article in the
April 6, 2006, issue of The
Hamilton Spectator, the Brown
Bess musket, which could have
been used at the Battle of
Queenston Heights, was turned
into police as part of a gun
amnesty program.
Museum keen
to get hands
on musket
HAMILTON - The Canadian War
Museum is trying to get its
hands on a Brown Bess musket
that is the hands of police.
According to an article in the
April 6, 2006, issue of The
Hamilton Spectator, the Brown
Bess musket, which could have
been used at the Battle of
Queenston Heights, was turned
into police as part of a gun
amnesty program.
| Photo: Cathie Coward/Hamilton Spectator |
After the Spectator sent images of the musket, which is in pristine
condition, it took museum staff about 30 seconds to respond and plead for
the musket to be turned over to the museum. The musket is slated to be
destroyed at the end of April.
The museum said the British India Pattern musket was manufactured
between 1797 and 1805 and used in Canada by the regular British troops
in the War of 1812. It was then used by the Canadian militia in the Upper
Canada Rebellion of 1837.
"Based on the picture, you only see ones in that nice a condition very
rarely."
Even more interesting is that a soldier's name (WBY Shelburne) is carved
into the stock, which should help historians trace the weapon.
Nicknamed Brown Bess for its dark colour, the flintlock was issued to
soldiers in Sir Isaac Brock's 49th Regiment of Foot, the King's Regiment and
the 41st Regiment of Foot at the turn of the 19th century. (April 6, 2006.)
condition, it took museum staff about 30 seconds to respond and plead for
the musket to be turned over to the museum. The musket is slated to be
destroyed at the end of April.
The museum said the British India Pattern musket was manufactured
between 1797 and 1805 and used in Canada by the regular British troops
in the War of 1812. It was then used by the Canadian militia in the Upper
Canada Rebellion of 1837.
"Based on the picture, you only see ones in that nice a condition very
rarely."
Even more interesting is that a soldier's name (WBY Shelburne) is carved
into the stock, which should help historians trace the weapon.
Nicknamed Brown Bess for its dark colour, the flintlock was issued to
soldiers in Sir Isaac Brock's 49th Regiment of Foot, the King's Regiment and
the 41st Regiment of Foot at the turn of the 19th century. (April 6, 2006.)