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    Traditional M/L Guns from India

    This is a gorgeous piece and is coming up to auction in 3 or 4 days in the UK (unfortunate for some of our American collectors) with a fairly low starting bid of £320, I wonder if it will get picked up for a decent price
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    He and I have definitely bonded on that, both being overland hitchhikers. Though I’d say he has done it when the world was a more mysterious and romantic place, no internet or blogs to tell you what’s good and what to expect ahead of time. In SouthEast Asia now, where once upon a time I was...
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    Early European Flintlock Pistol

    I have a contact with a researcher at the Dutch Army museum, ill try to run these pics by him to see what he says.
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Don’t make the mistake I did in visiting during Ramadan! Difficult to even find a place that will sell you a bottled water during the day! But the airport sells fancy bandolier belts in the gift shop!
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    OLD original barrels - what to build?

    Very cool and congrats on the acquisitions! I agree with the Landskecht idea
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    Muzzleloader on the News! Used in self defense in Vermont

    HERE is an article about a homeowner successfully using a muzzleloader to fend off armed intruders
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Another nice Dambacha with a Circassian lock and silver hallmarked in 1866
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    Ottoman Guns

    Wow that’s cool, I have seen maybe one other with an almost identical converison. Thank you for the clarification Bobi! I was hoping someone with more knowledge in that field could step in! And what a beautiful restoration job! I would love to see the other side with the lock
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    The Jezail that defeated the British equipped Brown Bess.....and an old Hakka Gun and

    Miles is a friend and really knows his stuff, having spent so much time in Afghanistan. Saw him last year in Thailand, unfortunately didn’t get around to any of the hobby related activities. The Matchlocks in Asia really stuck around for a long time, here’s a photo from 1945 in China. Who’s...
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    How is this done. Thanks

    I've seen similar things on high end original european guns from 17-18th century
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    I recall this being done to reload Rolling Block cartridges by Mexico during their revolution
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Totally get it, hazmat fees are ridiculous. Yes I’d be interested to hear the story, maybe post on the ottoman thread?
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    LOL what a coincidence! I'm gonna assume the silver stocked Ledenica he worked on was yours as well? Do you have the ball that he pulled from your pistol and do you recall it's caliber and weight?
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    Ottoman pistol markings

    Can't say I know what the stamp is for but I have seen them before
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Found this on the now defunct flintlockrepair.com site Circassian horn stocked pistol with an original load Said it was just over 100 grains of powder but unfortunately didnt state the ball weight or caliber comparing it to FFFFg which is just left of the original load
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    Ottoman Guns

    The only other one I've seen was also another Bulgarian Boyliya. I can't say I know much of anything on this enclosed type. The first one I posted belongs to a collector in Bulgaria and this one was from an auction. unfortunately, corruption has always afflicted these regions. The 30 page...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Oh boy, I have gone into things I never thought I'd research today, ancient currencies/their gold or silver content, Ottoman wages, math etc. So, according to "Real Wages and Standards of Living in the Ottoman Empire, 1489-1914" by Süleyman Özmucur & Şevket Pamuk, the average daily wage from...
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Here is a free copy available to read online: https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8845/mode/1up
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    Ottoman Guns

    I found some information regarding the prices these guns would have cost. In 1859 it was noted in the French Geographical Society that in Sliven, Bulgaria that a very finely decorated Boyliya cost 15 Napoleans. This would be equivalent to just about $60 at the time. Here is an example of what...
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Some years ago International Military Antiques & Atlanta Cutlery bought TONS of antique arms out of Nepal and brought them stateside, no Toradors that I know of, but you can see the state of which the arms were being "preserved" in. I haven't been in India but have ventured into Nepal, I guess...
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