This musket is pictured and discussed on pages 166-167 of "American Military Shoulder Arms - Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms" by George Moller. He lists it as an "American-Made Short Land Pattern Musket" and notes it is built from British style components of American manufacture and may have been made for a Committee of Safety, to fill a state contract, or for private sale to a militiaman during the Revolutionary War. The furniture is similar to a Short Land Pattern Brown Bess, but simpler. Note, for example, the lack of a sling swivel hole in the trigger guard, absence of a wrist escutcheon, and plainer ramrod pipes. Moller identified the stock as cherry. The only markings that have been found on this gun are a small "SC" marking inside the lock and George Moller's discreet "GDM" stamp near the toe. Includes a socket bayonet. Provenance: The George Moller Collection