Great pics note the rag wrapped over the locks to keep the ever present fine sand getting into them .I had two days of Sahara sand storm when rideing on a truck every day, Sand gets every where you learn not to bite onto food lest you crush grit with the teeth contacting it as you effect a chewing motion...
Your Photo collection is fantastic You aught to publish a illustrated book , Its fully as usefull as Elgoods work .A visual treat you bring to us all...
Certainly looks like it and very possible. The photos were from somewhere around Sinai and here is a photo of a gun shop from Cairo in the same periodDoes that kid on the lower right have a double barrel pistol?!?
Sure looks like it.Does that kid on the lower right have a double barrel pistol?!?
LOL !!! I'm getting old enough now that could be my future. LOLI have a feeling Rickystl has a room just like the ones pictured……he sits there in his bathrobe, basking in its majesty…..
Hopefully this 4& a quart " long lock is clear the stocking is just fanciful for a' prop' use . don't seem to get many pistol sized locks more run to 10''O A , The bit of original barrel lent it credibility the top of the Battery face is long gone.I have for years had a small lock, I stocked it with pure fancy but the lock is right enough pics later Rudyard
At least for the saluting charge I don t recall them reloading during it . What does seem to be a good plan is to reload stopped with the wide butts sat on the ground , Equally true of the Cape Dutch Voortreckers long barreled muskets, opposite end of the continent but same problem .
I loaded a Bess from the back of a docile trecking horse that way if my purpose was to see if I could load & fire off the old moke gradually upping from a pan flash to a full charge . I have rode horses without a saddle at full stretch its exhilarating , Until it drops to the jogging gait , then its a lot of ouch !.
Rudyard
Been there, done that, skinny horse made my little arse like a rose.At least for the saluting charge I don t recall them reloading during it . What does seem to be a good plan is to reload stopped with the wide butts sat on the ground , Equally true of the Cape Dutch Voortreckers long barreled muskets, opposite end of the continent but same problem .
I loaded a Bess from the back of a docile trecking horse that way if my purpose was to see if I could load & fire off the old moke gradually upping from a pan flash to a full charge . I have rode horses without a saddle at full stretch its exhilarating , Until it drops to the jogging gait , then its a lot of ouch !.
Rudyard
At least for the saluting charge I don t recall them reloading during it . What does seem to be a good plan is to reload stopped with the wide butts sat on the ground , Equally true of the Cape Dutch Voortreckers long barreled muskets, opposite end of the continent but same problem .
I loaded a Bess from the back of a docile trecking horse that way if my purpose was to see if I could load & fire off the old moke gradually upping from a pan flash to a full charge . I have rode horses without a saddle at full stretch its exhilarating , Until it drop
Kind of looks like the lock area is covered with a rawhide cover.
s to the jogging gait , then its a lot of ouch !.
Rudyard
Though we call it' Dutch' I think eminent scholars place the development to England or Scotland, Not that the low countries didn't produce many examples and where certainly not wanting in genius . A lot of military carbines had shorter barrels some Austrian ones being less than the Paget at 16" If it where me Ide restore or restock it in suit since such ' boys guns' are rare birds . I made a flint English rifle using a old 303 barrel for my eldest Daughter she fired one shot at a rendezvous near Ashburton and that was it .! Dainty little late flint rifle .I made a 40 cal caplock for my youngest she enjoyed shooting it but is more into Taylor Swift music & golf . We do what we can but they are their own people.at the end of the day .REF: Post #36
Rudyard: That is a cool looking pistol !!! Even if it does not copy any particular original, it's still very nice. I really like it. And, as you mentioned, these Moroccan snaphaunce locks - in pistol size - are difficult to locate. I do have one other identical pistol size lock that was mounted to a small Moroccan musket that was built for a young boy. Unfortunately, the stock was damaged beyond repair. But I bought it cheap just to get the lock. Don't know what to do with the well made barrel. It's 19-inches long. Too short for a carbine and too long for a pistol. Interesting that both of my locks and your lock look identical, and copy the original Dutch pattern. Possibly made in the same shop.
Rick
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