New old gun came into house yesterday.
This gun is not ordnance marked and is a pure commercial gun on the type one India Pattern Brown Bess. It is 75 caliber. It is similar to EIC muskets of the period
Marking's seem to indicate that it was made some where between 1780 and 1810. It is marked on the barrel "Payton". It is also marked #5. Not sure the meaning of these markings. Payton could be the retailer, the name of a ship or some militia group. It is in a military configuration and the number on the tang infers part of a stand of arms.
The gun originally came out of Texas. Wonder if there are any records on arms acquired by the Republic of Texas. Did they buy guns for England?
This gun is not ordnance marked and is a pure commercial gun on the type one India Pattern Brown Bess. It is 75 caliber. It is similar to EIC muskets of the period
Marking's seem to indicate that it was made some where between 1780 and 1810. It is marked on the barrel "Payton". It is also marked #5. Not sure the meaning of these markings. Payton could be the retailer, the name of a ship or some militia group. It is in a military configuration and the number on the tang infers part of a stand of arms.
The gun originally came out of Texas. Wonder if there are any records on arms acquired by the Republic of Texas. Did they buy guns for England?