"Dummy Gun" - Wooden Brown Bess Musket

A working firearm was a prized possession during the 18th and 19th centuries, indispensable in everyday life to the hunter, farmer, or frontiersman, and often a finely crafted status symbol for the gentleman sportsman. The term "dummy gun" comes from the 18th century, when young militia recruits were given sticks or simply shaped, non-functioning "guns" for practice in drilling and marching in formation.

This "dummy gun" represents a long gun popularly known as the "Brown Bess", the primary firearm used by both sides in the American Revolution, and the standard civilian firearm in North America. We craft our solid pine dummy gun to represent the "Brown Bess" silhouette and size, and provide a hang tag with history of this long gun.

Please let us know if you order is time sensitive - while we try to keep stock on hand, it may take up to 2 weeks for shipment during our busy times.

Recommended for children aged 8 years and above.