1796 Indian Pattern Musket a.k.a "Brown Bess". Waterloo or US War of Independence?

This is an excellent example of an iconic firearm that was carried by the British soldier on several continents for three centuries.
For the sake of those who don't know, I will repeat the best researched answer to the origination of the title “Brown Bess” which was arrived at in an erudite manner by Roger Ferguson the curator of the Royal Armouries.
Brown Bess was a slang term of the time for a common woman or sex worker and it reflected the soldier’s relationship with his personal weapon. Our ancestors called any flintlock or smoothbore percussion musket issued in British Service a “Brown Bess” and this had nothing to so with brown barrels, Queen Elizabeth (Bess) or any other commonly encountered hypothesis. I recommend reading his excellent published works and his article “Trusty Bess”
‘Twas then I thought on trusty Bess;
Who, tho’ I knew she was but poor,
I always found a faithful Whore.’
-’Fecit Recantatio Versum’ by Thomas Brown (1730)

Back to this “Brown Bess” we have a splendid example of a 1796 pattern musket with an East Indian Company lock manufactured by Bond of London and dated 1807 with Indian export marks but this surfaced in the United Kingdom. This is quite fascinating as it is well researched that quantities of EIC were diverted from export for use by the British Army much to the chagrin of the East India Company. As a weapon issued to a British soldier it would likely have been returned to the UK which would not have been the case for the weapons used in India.
Where could they have been used? We know that large numbers were used at the Battle of Waterloo and it is likely that they could have been used in the second war of American Independence of 1812-15.
This example has an excellent stock with no major defects and locks and cocks and released perfectly on half and full cock.
A solid rifle and a solid and interesting investment for any collector of British firearms.

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