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Welcome from Missouri. During my working years I use to travel to Halifax on business.

Hi Barud Thanks for this photo. A super interesting collection. And yes, these do look like early guns. 1. That combination matchlock/miquelet lock is truly interesting. If you look closely, you can see the ball trigger for the miquelet. And just to the rear, the lever trigger for the...

Good question. After all my years studying these guns I am still not sure. Even with all the mountainous terrain there are many oak forests in Morocco. But I would think oak would be too heavy and hard to work with for gun purposes (?) There is a type of cedar grown there. But I would think...

Congratulations. As mentioned above, a very rare and interesting rifle. Rick

These pistols were often carried in pairs. There was likely many more of these pistols that were originally made as pairs, but became separated through time. Rick

OK. Now I've seen two also. LOL Thanks for the pics. Caucasian style weapon mounts typically show the use of iron, silver, horn, ivory/bone. The workmanship on their guns, blades, and accessories is usually top notch, and usually command a premium at auctions.

WOW !!! Beautiful pistols - ALL !!! First time I can recall seeing a match pair of rat-tail pistols. And in such good condition. Thanks again for the photos. Rick

Much agree with Rudyard here. In certain cases I've seen with Victorian copies of guns using a wheellock, much of the internal parts were stripped out to make it easier to mount to the stock. The Victorian copies of course just made for display. Bot WOW !!! Nice find. Rick

My guess the narrow forearms on these muskets were to keep the weight down as much as possible. These guns were carried and used in hot, dry, mountainous climates. Most of these guns today, especially if shown to have seen substantial use, have forearms that would be unusable for restoration...

LOL !! Amazing isn't it. Depending on the barrel length and the width of each band, the norm on these Moroccan muskets would be around 7-8 bands. Any more would likely be considered extra decoration. The multiple bands were used to hold both the barrel and ramrod to the stock. But I...

Hi Lead Congratulations on your recent acquisition, as well as your 30 Years War musket. Very cool guns with lots of interest. And, great Thread started here. As mentioned above, it may have been the Military of the period that decided to discontinue the use of the original tube sights...

Hi Cyten Nice find with that flask. Looks to be in good, complete condition. Yes, collectors generally "suspect" this style of flask has Persian origins. But, as you mention, the basic style/function of this flask seem to show up everywhere in the Region. And, as you mention, they all turn...

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Hi Cyten Thanks for the photos. Indeed unusual matchlocks. Looks like the butt stocks are a shorter, but wider versions of the Torador. Rick

If you are talking about the Caucasian style miquelet locks, yes, they have a separate frizzen spring. The spring is just hidden behind what we call a fence. Rick

Smokey: Thanks so much for posting !!!! Don't know how I missed this earlier. That's a nice looking replica. Shidh is a mountainous area between India and Pakistan. What's great is the gun was built using an original, late period British Military flintlock. Very appropriate in this case...

That pistol I just posted is certainly not the most attractive in my collection. LOL Especially with the over-use of crude inlays. But it is one of the more curious examples with that Bulgarian lock. Rick

Hi Cyten Thanks for the recent photos. Yes, there's that "seeing eye" again on that wood pillar. You see this in so many places and objects. Rather a small caliber for a Jazail. Looks to be a rifled barrel. The rifles from Sindh tend to be rifled in smaller calibers. Rick

Ahhhhh....now I understand your thoughts via the Phillips screws. They will be covered anyway. Good thinking. That looks like it's going to turn out really nice. Almost like a semi-metal butt plate. Overall, should be a good, strong mounting. Nice work. Rick

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