Discord-logo.jpg Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Difference between revisions of "Brown Bess Flintlock Musket"

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(→‎Film: Converted to table)
Line 22: Line 22:
  
 
==Film==
 
==Film==
−
 
+
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
−
* Various characters in ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''
+
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
−
 
+
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
−
* The Mexican Army in '[[Alamo, The (2004)|The Alamo (2004)]]
+
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
−
 
+
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
−
* Soldiers in ''[[Patriot, The (2000)|The Patriot]]''
+
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
−
 
+
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
−
* Two Arabian Bad Guys in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''
+
|-
−
 
+
| ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' || || Two Arabian Bad Guys || || 1974
−
* British soldiers and various characters in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'', and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''
+
|-
−
 
+
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[Russell Means]] || Chingachgook || || 1992
−
* British Marines and various characters in ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''
+
|-
 +
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[Eric Schweig]] || Uncas || || 1992
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[Wes Studi]] || Magua || || 1992
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || || British and French infantry, Hurons and Mohicans || || 1992
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Patriot, The (2000)|The Patriot]]'' || || British soldiers || || 2000
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' || || British Marines || || 2003
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' || [[Orlando Bloom]] || Will Turner || || 2003
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' || [[Keira Knightley]] || Elizabeth Swann || || 2003
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' || || British soldiers and pirates || || 2003
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Alamo, The (2004)|The Alamo (2004)]]'' || || The Mexican Army || || 2004
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' || || British soldiers || || 2006
 +
|-
 +
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'' || || East India Trading Company soldiers || || 2007
 +
|-
 +
|}
  
 
==Television==
 
==Television==

Revision as of 08:14, 17 June 2012

Modern reproduction "Long Land Pattern" Brown Bess Infantry musket made from 1722-1768 - .75 caliber.
Original "Short Land Pattern" Brown Bess musket made 1768-1805 - .75 caliber
Original "India Pattern" Brown Bess musket made 1805-1840 - .75 caliber
File:S262b.jpg
Modern reproduction Sea Service Brown Bess Naval musket

The Brown Bess (British Long Land Pattern) was a smooth-bore flintlock musket that was standard issue with the British Army throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, including the French and Indian / 7 Years War, the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. For the purposes of this page, Brown Bess refers to any of the British Land Pattern Muskets of 1722-1883, which include the Long Land Pattern, Short Land Pattern, Sea Service Pattern, India Pattern, New Land Pattern and New Light Infantry Land Pattern Cavalry Carbine.


Specifications

  • Weight: 10.5 pounds (4.8 kg)
  • Length: 58.5 inches (1,490 mm)
  • Barrel length: 42 inches (1,100 mm)
  • Cartridge: 0.71 inches (18 mm) lead ball, undersized to reduce the effects of powder fouling.
  • Caliber: 0.75 inches (19 mm)
  • Action: Flintlock
  • Rate of fire: User dependent; usually 3+ rounds a minute
  • Muzzle velocity: Variable
  • Effective range: Variable (50-100 yards)
  • Feed system: Muzzle loaded


The Brown Bess Flintlock Musket has been used in the following:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Blazing Saddles Two Arabian Bad Guys 1974
The Last of the Mohicans Russell Means Chingachgook 1992
The Last of the Mohicans Eric Schweig Uncas 1992
The Last of the Mohicans Wes Studi Magua 1992
The Last of the Mohicans British and French infantry, Hurons and Mohicans 1992
The Patriot British soldiers 2000
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World British Marines 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Orlando Bloom Will Turner 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Keira Knightley Elizabeth Swann 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl British soldiers and pirates 2003
The Alamo (2004) The Mexican Army 2004
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest British soldiers 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End East India Trading Company soldiers 2007

Television

  • British Army soldiers in the television series Hawkeye (1994)
  • British Army soldiers in Sharpe's Rifles (1993), et al.

Anime

Retrieved from "https://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Brown_Bess_Flintlock_Musket&oldid=578676"

Do Not Sell My Personal Information