Product Details
A .750 EAST INDIA 'COMPANY F TYPE' (1845) PERCUSSION INFANTRY MUSKET, no visible number,
having a 39in. London proofed barrel with block front-sight and fixed vee block rear-sight, the breech is stamped with the E.I.C. code dated inspection stamp "N / 3" dating the muskets manufacture to 1847, the border line engraved lock struck with the the E.I.C. rampant lion cypher to the centre, brass mounted full walnut stock, including butt-plate engraved "X.X. / 13? / 5??" faint, (possibly indicating issue to the 20th Bengal Native Infantry), Brunswick pattern scroll trigger guard and three rammer pipes, the unique pattern E.I.C. spring bayonet catch protruding through the nose-cap. compete with its original E.I.C. pattern ramrod, the top sling swivel missing and evidence of some repaired wood worm holes, hardly noticeable
Provenance: Percussion muskets were first adopted by the E.I.C. in 1840 six patterns were produced known as A. B. C. D. E. & F. The F type only differed from the E type only in the bayonet catch which was unique to E.I.C. service. Approximately 205,000 F types were produced between 1845 and 1851, although for various reasons the survival rate is small. Such arms were not just issued to E.I.C. forces but also when required to Imperial regiments stationed in India. Muskets such as this saw service and action in many Indian campaigns from 1845 including the 2nd Sikh War, and the Great Indian Mutiny it was used by both sides. Many of these muskets were returned to this country from the Nepal Royal Armoury. During the Mutiny Nepal sent a contingent in support of the British on arrival in India they were armed with muskets such as this, and on conclusion they returned to Nepal with them. It is also know that large numbers of mutineers fled over the border to evade capture and seek sanctuary. They were disarmed and the weapons kept by the Nepal authorities for issue to its forces.
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Estimate £400-600