Brown Bess

The **Brown Bess** is a muzzle-loading flintlock musket and is the long-arm equivalent to the Heavy Flintlock 18th Century. "Brown Bess" is the informal name given to the Long Land Pattern musket, the primary weapon of the British Empire between 1722–1851. The weapon was also common among American colonists, and British allies in the Napoleonic Wars. As a smoothbore weapon, the Brown Bess has limited accuracy, but still hits quite hard due to the large size of the musket ball.

## Operation

Button Mapping
 Full-Cock Hammer
 Fire

### Method 1: Paper Cartridges

1. Take a .75 caliber paper cartridge. Bring the cartridge up to your head to bite off the end of the cartridge.
2. Click right on the touchpad (Classic Controls) or the B Button (Streamlined Controls) to bring the weapon into half-cock.
3. Carefully pour a few grains of black powder into the flashpan. You can pour a small amount by pressing the trigger on the hand holding the paper cartridge.
4. Use your hand to close the frizzen by swiping it towards you.
5. Hold the gun from near the end of the barrel. Carefully pour the rest of the black powder in the cartridge down the barrel of the gun, then stick the cartridge into the barrel.
6. Remove the ramrod from underneath the barrel. Insert it into the barrel and keep moving it up and down until you hear a change in tone and the ramrod can't go any lower.
7. Insert the ramrod back under the barrel (or leave it in your quickbelt).
8. Return your grip to the trigger. Click down on the touchpad or the A Button to set the gun to full cock.
9. Aim and pull the trigger to fire.

### Method 2: Powder Flask / Powder Horn

1. Take a .75 caliber ball and either a powder flask or powder horn. Click the tip of the flask or horn to open it.
2. Click right on the touchpad (Classic Controls) or the B Button (Streamlined Controls) to bring the weapon into half-cock.
3. Carefully pour a few grains of black powder into the flashpan.
4. Use your hand to close the frizzen by swiping it towards you.
5. Hold the gun from near the end of the barrel. Carefully pour black powder down the barrel of the gun. With the Powder Flask, you have to estimate how much powder will be enough. With the Powder Horn, you can hold the trigger to pour out one measure of black powder that will be enough to fire the projectile.
6. Insert the lead ball into the barrel of the gun.
7. Remove the ramrod from underneath the barrel. Insert it into the barrel and keep moving it up and down until you hear a change in tone and the ramrod can't go any lower.
8. Insert the ramrod back under the barrel (or leave it in your quickbelt).
9. Return your grip to the trigger. Click down on the touchpad or press the A Button to set the gun to full cock.
10. Aim and pull the trigger to fire.

Black Powder FlaskMeat HornFlintRamrod
## Attributes

* The black powder will ignited if exposed to an open flame, such as a match.
* The amount of black powder in the flash pan determines the delay between pulling the trigger and the weapon firing, this can be up to half-a-second.
* The flint on the Brown Bess wears down with use and will become too worn to create sparks after several shots, at which point it will need to be replaced. Click the screw holding in the old piece of flint, remove the old flint, and insert a new piece of flint. Screw the holder back in.
* If you leave the ramrod in and fire the gun, the ramrod can be used as a projectile.
* Firing the musket without a ball will fire off a brief jet of flame that can set yourself or Sosigs on fire.
* Inserting too much powder but just enough not to break the weapon will cause it to fly out of your firing hand, though your forward hand will still hold onto it.
* There are two ways to break the Brown Bess:
	+ If you put in too little powder, the lead ball will squib and there won't be any way to remove it.
	+ If you put in too much powder (about 5 measures from the paper cartridge or powder horn), the gun will explode and break apart.

## Videos

H3VR Early Access Devlog - Meatmas Week 4 Roundup!Brown Bess flintlock rifle -- H3VR Weapon Deep Dive