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    This is a musket action piece that has ornate markings on one side. This item is currently on display at the Battleground Hotel Museum.

    Referred to "The Military Arms of Canada" by The Upper Canada Historical Arms Society and "The British Military Longarms 1715-1815' by D.W. Bailey.

    This is a piece of flint that was unearthed at one of Niagara’s Battlefields. It would have been used to light a flintlock musket when firing at the enemy.

    A musket action with “TOWER”, a crown and the Royal cipher “GR” engraved on one side.

    A Brown Bess rifle, commonly called an India Pattern Musket, that has been previously converted from a flintlock to a percussion action. It is a single 39 inch barrel with three ram rod pipes. There

    This is a musket action piece that has ornate markings on one side. This item is currently on display at the Battleground Hotel Museum.

    These are various pieces of a musket action that were unearthed at one of Niagara’s Battlefields. These items are on display at the Battleground Hotel Museum.

    These prickers, dated 1812, were used as a screwdriver for a musket. It is “Y” shaped, with the top “V” forming the handle and the bottom arm narrowing to fit into the screw. The musket tool was used

    This musket, circa 1812, is a 3rd Model “Brown Bess” 1790 with an “India Pattern” design. It was a British regulation issue flintlock musket. There are various engravings on the musket that include:

    This is a ramrod guide for a British Tower flint-lock musket that was discovered in Niagara.

    This is the cock from an India Pattern musket of the British Army. It is oblonged shaped with a narrow bottom and a wide top. The top has a hole through it, as does the left side centre. Below is a p

    This musket, circa 1800, is Brown Bess an “India Pattern” design. The ram rod is missing and there is a make-do front sling swivel. The stock is cracked and the proper right side on the bottom extend

    Original donated and identified as a clay musket ball with a circumference of 5cm. It is highly doubtful that such an item would ever be used effectively as a musket ball and is more likely a marble

    This is a lock mechanism measuring 17.7 cm x 3.1 cm, that was made for a tower musket. This lock mechanism was converted to percussion. There are four perforations and markings include “Tower”, a tri

    This is an iron lock mechanism measuring 13.9 cm x 2.5 cm x 3.1cm that is a flintlock from a military pistol. There are seven perforations and markings include “1812”, “2”, and a rampant lion present

    This linen bag features red stripes on a white background. The bag was used to carry flints for a flintlock musket. This type of bag was used from the Revolutionary War until 1820. Further research i

    This is an American metal musket ball mold of a plier design, dated 1812-1814. It was used to press a musket ball to the size of a bore or rifle, approximately .69 calibre musket balls. The press end

    This musket, circa1812, with its ramrod attached, is a flintlock converted to a percussion steel firing mechanism. The barrel is steel and the stock is made of walnut. The marks include: the Hanoveri

    Individuals, Patterson, James, holding Tecumseh's rifle