Brown Bess

The British musket, called the Brown Bess, as well as the hunting and fowling pieces of the colonists, were mostly smooth-bore flintlocks or, in some cases, wheel locks.

ONE SHOT-ONE KILL CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS 1990

Currently, a firearm popularly known as the Brown Bess and often used during battlefield scenes violates the state's gun possession laws.

CourierPostOnline.com - News 2009

It was far superior to the crude "Brown Bess" issued to his men.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

"Brown Bess" is as good as a rifle; for he would only throw the ball of either at random.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various

Remember how long the now all-but-forgotten "Brown Bess" kept the field against the adversary which has since proved her immeasurable superior; and let the future prove that past experience has not been entirely thrown away.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

'At the "Brown Bess,"' murmured the boy ungraciously, and hurried out.

The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

"Brown Bess" as a weapon of offence and defence; but matters could no longer be deferred.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

I worked on the Battle of Waterloo, and my job was to reload the Brown Bess muskets – the only time the audience realised it was live was when somebody leant on a button and plunged the whole studio into blackout.

Phyllida Lloyd: how to humanise Margaret Thatcher 2012

It came from a woman called “Brown Bess” and read as follows:

Changing your name to Seacole will eradicate your inner racist 2009

The second wave of French cavalry charges across the Minden heath where a thin red line of British and Brown Bess await them.

Minden - 250th Anniversary Der Alte Fritz 2009