The Charlestown Militia Company

The Brown Bess

The American Fowler

The 1717 French Musket

The 1717 French Lock

The Brown Bess Lock

The Fowler 'Dog Lock'

The Ketland Trade Pistol

For details regarding these muskets and their history, we suggest you go to our 'Links" page and click on the Middlesex Village Trading web site link. There you will be able to read both the history and myth surrounding many of these weapons.  Also be sure to read our Brochure on the weapons which a militia man might carry.

The muskets seen above are those carried by members of the Charlestown Militia Company.  Please review the Black Powder Safety Guidelines which are followed by the Militia's members.  They will give you invaluable insight into the operation of these historic flintlock muskets.