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    Need help identifying a musket here...

    Pictured is a musket in question, touted as an "1816 Betsy Brown Musket" by an acquaintance that has it for sale. He also asks $1800 CDN for it. I need to know what it actually is and what the correct thoughts on price would be. These are his pics but I can get some if you need more detail or closer visuals. I just know that the year marked is seldom anything relating to actual manufacture. Also, the powder flask seems to be nothing special, any idea of the era on it?
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    It is not a Britishicon Brown Bess service musket. A service musket made for the Board of Ordnance in 1816 would be an India Pattern (aka Third Model) musket.
    I cannot make out the emblem in front of the cock. It is the sort of musket made for a trading company, like the East India Company.
    I think $1800 is high for a non-British military use musket.
    The powder flask looks to be a perfectly respectable 19th century piece.

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    Looks like a musket made for the East India Company. It has the rampant lion trade mark of the EIC, London Proof Marks and dated lock characteristic of these arms. Go to Britishicon Militaria Forums for more info.

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    Thanks for the early answers men. I'll pass this on to him.
    Regards, Jim

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    One of Enfield's finest 1816 Type III musket, had the pleasure of shooting one not so long ago, strongly recommend eye wear. The proof mark of a Crown over a V is the London Proof mark I believe on its side
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