Rare East India Company Pattern A percussion musket, 39 inch barrel fitted with block sight, unit marked butt plate and barrel marking for Muttra 122, the forend with Indian arsenal spliced section, alteration to accept the pattern F bayonet.

Pattern A muskets were not converted from flintlock but set up as percussion arms using parts originally intended for flintlocks with the percussion bolster brazed onto the barrel, Only 5,000 were made during 1840. Ref. D. Harding, Small Arms of the East India Company Vol.2 pp 98-103 and p423 for information on this musket and the Indian arsenal alteration for pattern F bayonets.

Section 58 (2) antique / obsolete calibre, can be owned without a licence. Buyer must be over the age of 18.

Dimensions: 139cm long