Brains trust please? Indo Persian Matchlock query

[LawrenceA]

Hi all
I am hoping you may be able to help shed some light on this piece of history I recently acquired.
The barrel is about 6 foot long and of about 12 bore. Slightly flared and smoothbore. Almost no embellishment other than on the muzzle and a chevron in the stock.
It is too heavy to really use single handed let alone load.
It seems well made with the stock being 3 piece with the splice being almost imperceptible other than the change in wood colour.
What I find intriguing is that the only markings appear to be a rack number in the stock and some barrel markings all in latin script.
I am hoping for ideas on how it would come to have the markings it does and if it was maybe a wall gun?
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated

 

[Sam squanch]

Looks like an Indian matchlock to me, or from around that area of the world. I’m almost positive the numbers are police registration. Almost a scaled down wall gun! Or very large regular musket!

 

[LawrenceA]

Yes it is an Indian matchlock. The numbers on the barrel may pass as police registration but they are not from any PD in Australia and the numbers on the barrel do not relate to what is on the stock.

 

[LawrenceA]

Just found this. Seems to match.
https://www.ima-usa.com/products/or...00-1850-91-inches-long?variant=13103171502149

 

[Sam squanch]

I meant police registration in India. Almost every gun I’ve seen from there has these numbers, from matchlocks to modern shotguns.

 

[rickystl]

Hi Lawrence. It does indeed appear you have an Indian matchlock wall/rampart type gun. How much does it weigh on your bath scale ?

The series of numbers are usually a combination of period registration/inventory/rack numbers assigned to these guns - often after capture. The only ones I've come across without these numbers are the very early, decorated examples.

Except for the muzzle decoration, these wall guns were large, plain, munitions grade. I have one similar to yours.

Rick