Randi Shaw with the 1st North Carolina Regiment holds the iconic Brown Bess musket in camp. Shaw came up from New Bern for the Great Bridge battle re-enactment. Bob Ruegsegger/freelance ...

In 1776 Gen. George Washington issued an order to select men for his personal guard called the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, arming them with Brown Bess muskets. Today the Army's Company A of The ...

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If you've ever wanted to fire a “Brown Bess,” the British short land service pattern musket and one of early America’s most important firearms, you'll soon have your chance. As of March 19 ...

While Brown Bess is a military weapon, the fowling piece was probably the most common firearm in Colonial Virginia, Chapman said. “It’s basically a shotgun,” he said.

James Mitchell of Freedom Documents Fun, Inc. in Jasper, Texas, said they stumbled across the East India Pattern Brown Bess musket by accident when they found it at a gun show one year ago.

Firearms with everyday uses While Brown Bess is a military weapon, the fowling piece was probably the most common firearm in Colonial Virginia, Chapman said. “It’s basically a shotgun,” he said.