I've loaded dry-run with fixed bayonets. It's OK if you're careful.
The Long Land has a much chunkier stock, as well as having a longer barrel - it really doesn't show properly in those pictures. I'd say the weight distribution would tend toward butt heavy rather than anything, but yes, they're just overall a damn sight heavier than an India Pattern.
Looking at those muskets, they are bigger all round than the later version and an India Pattern would look elegant and refined in direct comparison - strange as that may sound when talking about a weapon.
I have no idea what mine's made of, but it's about 9 pounds and the weight distribution is really good - it's one of the new factory-made ones where parts really are interchangeable between individual weapons. I've handled (and fired!) a Short Land Pattern Pedersoli (with a barrel that is about three or four inches longer than the India pattern), and I honestly don't think there's anything to choose between that and my own Babsy.
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Date: 2010-09-21 01:21 am (UTC)The Long Land has a much chunkier stock, as well as having a longer barrel - it really doesn't show properly in those pictures. I'd say the weight distribution would tend toward butt heavy rather than anything, but yes, they're just overall a damn sight heavier than an India Pattern.
Looking at those muskets, they are bigger all round than the later version and an India Pattern would look elegant and refined in direct comparison - strange as that may sound when talking about a weapon.
I have no idea what mine's made of, but it's about 9 pounds and the weight distribution is really good - it's one of the new factory-made ones where parts really are interchangeable between individual weapons. I've handled (and fired!) a Short Land Pattern Pedersoli (with a barrel that is about three or four inches longer than the India pattern), and I honestly don't think there's anything to choose between that and my own Babsy.