"Brown Bess" is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. The...
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All of these weapons were commonly used in the revolutionary war. The "Brown Bess" muzzle-loading smoothbore musket was one of the most commonly used weapons...
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Porgy and Bess (/ˈpɔːrɡi/) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist...
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Elizabeth Key "Bess" Armstrong (born December 11, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Four Seasons (1981), High Road...
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Brown. Bess has stated that "sports pretty much kept me busy, kept me out of trouble, kept me off the streets." Largely raised by a single mom, Bess was...
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Look up Bess or BESS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bess or BESS may refer to: Bess (name), a given name, nickname and surname, including lists of...
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of the Baker. The first model resembled the British infantry musket ("Brown Bess"), but was rejected as too heavy. Baker was provided with a German Jäger...
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revolver Tranter revolver Webley .455" Revolver Mk I – IV Muskets and rifles Brown Bess Baker rifle Brunswick rifle Pattern 1851 Minié Pattern 1853 Enfield Pattern...
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origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards (91 m), due...
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The barrel was attached to the buttstock with metal pins similar to the Brown Bess instead of the metal bands used on later muskets. Early versions of this...
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Caplocks were generally applied to the British military musket (the Brown Bess) in 1842, a quarter of a century after the invention of percussion powder...
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musket became wildly inaccurate at long range. Compared to the British Brown Bess, it fired musket balls that fitted more tightly into the barrel resulting...
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British .75 caliber Brown Bess, but the Model 1795 also had both a slightly longer range and slightly better accuracy than the Brown Bess musket. This gave...
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2017-03-16. "Brown Bess". historyofwar.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18. Murray-Fletcher, Mark (2015-06-17). "Muskets at the Battle of Waterloo, the Brown Bess". The...
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infantryman was equipped with the .75 calibre Land Pattern Musket, or Brown Bess. He was well trained by the standards of the time, training with live...
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was slightly smaller than its main competitor, the 0.75-inch caliber Brown Bess produced by the British. The smaller round was intentionally chosen to...
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manufacture, many jezails used the lock mechanism from captured or broken Brown Bess muskets. The stocks were handmade and ornately decorated, featuring a...
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Thomas Ditson of Billerica, Massachusetts. Ditson attempted to purchase a Brown Bess musket from a British soldier in the 47th Regiment of Foot in Boston in...
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uncorroborated high figure of deaths. In addition, two soldiers fired Brown Bess muskets in protection of a Risdon Cove settler being beaten on his farm...
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Blunderbuss" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2023. See Brown Bess. Charles Francis Hoban (1853). Pennsylvania Archives., page 324, from...
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fired a slightly smaller calibre shot than that of the British Army's Brown Bess. Analysis of the finds confirms that the Jacobites used muskets in greater...
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barrel and could be better wielded from horseback than the standard "Brown Bess" musket or Baker rifle. The British army updated their cavalry carbines...
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Anne Brown (August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009) was an American lyric soprano for whom George Gershwin rewrote the part of "Bess" into a leading role in the...
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Musket (Flintlock musket; .69) Charleville musket (Flintlock musket; .69) Brown Bess (Musket; .75) Ferguson rifle (Flintlock breech-loader; .69) NGSW-R (Next...
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) The loading of muskets was therefore easy with the old smooth-bore Brown Bess and similar military muskets. The original muzzle-loading rifle, however...
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War, but shortly after they were retired and replaced with the standard Brown Bess musket. In turn the American army, after getting some experience with...
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Lily Bess Campbell (June 20, 1883 – February 18, 1967) was an American educator and Shakespeare scholar. She was an English professor at the University...
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semi-automatic pistol – 1893) British Bull Dog revolver (UK – revolver – 1872) Brown Bess (UK – musket – 1722) Brunswick rifle (UK – rifle – 1836) Burnside carbine...
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hats and white powdered wigs. It is equipped with muskets modeled on the Brown Bess (a design first developed in 1722 for service with the British Army),...
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revolver Tranter revolver Webley .455" Revolver Mk I – IV Muskets and rifles Brown Bess Baker rifle Brunswick rifle Pattern 1851 Minié Pattern 1853 Enfield Pattern...
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