.66cal brown bess?

[3rdTennCo.C]

In a continued pursuit towards the origin of my frankenmusket.

I measured the bore to see what size ball I can throw down it and it came up to be about .6755. I know land pattern bess's were .75 to .776 I've heard, and I saw somewhere that there was also a carbine caliber of .66 and a pistol caliber of .566, if this is so, what patter of carbines were .66 cal? I've seen that what appears to be the cut down carbine of long land patterns are still .75s.

 

[Kurt G]

What is the barrel length ? It could be a number of things based on the barrel length . British cavalry carbines ranged quite a bit in length , but seemed to be 28" or less . They were generally .65 cal. It could be a British Officer's fusil . They were often private purchases but generally around .65 cal. with barrel lengths in the 39" range. A light infantry fusil or an artillery carbine are other possibilities.

 

[3rdTennCo.C]

I dont have it at the moment to take a measurement but I have posted pictures in some of my other threads

 

[Lanyard Puller]

I did a quick search on your .6755 "about" British carbines and quit after finding well over 10 carbines, fusils and rifles in that range {from .625 to .67 in carbines alone.} I gave up before the "muskets" chapter, but they are mostly in the .75 area.

I'd suggest you get a copy of: British Military Longarms 1815-1865, by D.W. Bailey