Thanks for the photos!
Its been done historically set triggers all the bells & whistles they did it , If mostly for target matches . '' Build a better matchlock & the World will beat a path to your door !"sort of thing . Regards Rudyard
Dear Toot. The only sort of matchlock that has a built in pancover that automatically is slid away to uncover the primeing pan I knew of are the curious guns made for the Sultan Of . Mysore ',Tippoo Sultan ' he had French gunsmiths make him all sorts of odd shaped & decorated guns most all based in the tiger stripe design 'Bubbris' .He was fond of Tigers & fed some on British Merchants which made him rather unpopular with the British .So they besiege his fortress at Seringapatam. &' polished off ' Annoying Tipoo in 1799 Arthur Wellesley being involved with that little party ..Cant recall others on that plan but seems a lot of work. If Ide like to make one! .Reading over I see the other example..great stuff how usefull either where hard to say ? neat anyway . The book to read is Robert Wiggingtons a rare volume on the subject viz' Fire arms of Tippoo Sultan ' I will endeavor to relay and get you pics from the Book of these oddities presently .
Dear Pukka No problemo I know your busy Ime busy & I dont have to rassle a farm & gobs of critters' Re the pin no cant say ime aware of it Folks think Ime' Thee' expert of matchlocks & made enough shoot them enough but the more I know the more I know I dont know the half of it ! I named me as a Guru viz teacher but put you down as a 'Holy man' a Sadoo not that they much shoot matchlocks they are like the sacred Cows deemed Holy but ignored but sit around all dots & ashes ect probably not a perfect title but meant well I suppose youve read Eric Newbies 'Slowly down the Gangees ' He sums up India very well & I think he wrote one called 'Coromandel '. more earlier accounts from Memory I just think of it as a stinky dusty overcrowded rat hole , but I had all I want of it . still got some India made locks just carve out a pan to restorer a Seargents Carbine that came to me as a lopped butt' Lamp standard ' lot of work to make that so got to admire the stuff they made for me people rubbish Indian guns but I've seen how they have to work & what junk to make it I don't crib at the quality they all work up if you know what your doing like you & Me Well you I just fake it ! .(sometimes I look at guns ive made and think Wow did I do that? (some mostly for me ime a but rough but mostly Ime happy with that I did produce . We seem to be helping build a coulture for archaic & Eastern guns .Warren a great student & Patient customer my wife Diane says shes happy to take his guns rejected by Fed Ex & UPS as evel guns. Bidonites BS puling funds from Ukraine but backing the evel yids killing Palestinians' hundreds a day targeting the press and Medical aiders . unreal yet you cant get coverage in the US to hear the realiity .its obscene genoside yet even Gus /articifer backs the IDForce . What comrad troo doe head lets you see no idea but we get Aljeeeras . May Bee Troudoh head getting ideas OK gotto go cheers Me
Dear Pukka I thought this was a Pm but I stand by my veiws while kids are getting killed at so many per hour . Mesen.
Bit of a delay but I sent some pics of Tippoos Auto matchlock carbines today .
