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Actually, there was no specific reason, and no official answer. Unofficial thoughts of mine? Bess was a girl's name- and your musket was the only girl you were likely to be holding for a while. The barrels were "in the white"- that is, unblued- and turned brown with age. Brown Bess rolls off the tongue much easier than "Land Pattern Musket" and just became a popular term with soldiers. PS- 100 years later, the Short, Magazine, Lee Enfield rifle, also known as the Mark 1 #3 was known to soldiers as the "Smelly". That's soldiers for you.
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Which gun is the oldest musktoon blunderbluss or brown bess?
brown bess
In what chapter of the novel My Brother Sam is Dead is the incident about Brown Bess?
A lot of the chapters contain information about the Brown Bess. The Brown Bess is the family gun of the Meekers, and is taken by Sam to fight in the Revolution.
What is the bladed gun redcoats used?
The Brown Bess musket with a bayonet attached.
What gun is worth 1500 dollars?
The Musket ''Brown Bess'' they used in the american revolution
In the book My Brother Sam is Dead what kind of gun does the Meeker family have?
they got a musket and they call it the brown bess
Whats the difference between a Brown Bess and a bayonet?
The Brown Bess is a firearm, a bayonet is an attachment to a firearm like a knife.
Where was the 12 gauge shotgun invented?
The contemporary Brown Bess musket, in service with the British military from 1722 to 1838, was the first real 12 gauge shot gun.
Why was the muskeet called the brown bess?
Although popular to the ill-informed masses , the Brown Bess was not named for the color of its stock, nor its barrel, nor for the Queen, it was called the 'brown bess' because of then common use of the word 'brown' as meaning drab or cheap, and the word 'bess' was used to refer to a cheap woman or harlot. The barrel was often cheaply treated or painted brown to protect it from rusting. Thus among the lower class of soldiers that often carried them, the term ' brown bess', that was first used in the 1600's, became an appealing name for their own 'harlot' piece.
What gun did british soldiers used in the Revolutionary War?
The Brown Bess, a .75 caliber flintlock musket, was the standard long gun of the British Empire's land forces from 1722 until 1838.
What was the best gun in the revolutionary war?
Possibly the French Charleville musket- Model 1776 and 1763. It was lighter than the Brown Bess and more strongly wade (for use as a club and with a bayonet)
Where does sam tell timmy where he is going and why did he come?
Sam tells Timmy he is going to Tom warrup's hut, and he came home because he wanted to take "Brown Bess." ( The father's gun.)
Where did sam tell timmy he is going and why did he come home?
Sam tells Timmy he is going to Tom warrup's hut, and he came home because he wanted to take "Brown Bess." ( The father's gun.)
