Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - 19th Century East India British Trading Company Flintlock ID?

Pukka Bundook · 11th February 2013, 07:54 PM

I agree the lock is not an EIC, as they were made to even higher standards in Birmingham than British ordinance arms.
I don't think the EIC ever had locks made outside the country, but am not sure.
This one looks to me a nice though comparatively new one with a rather bad lock.

Hello Jim!,
Re. the use of flintlocks for longer periods "up North" in the khyber area, as they were easier to keep running than finding percussion caps;

I'm not sure that this was the case, as I have heard that the reason the Matchlock was used so long in that part of the world, was because no suitable spark-producing stones were to be found in the area.
Now, I have never been there,....and cant say which is right!.....but I don't thing both theories can be!
Any more light on this?

All the best,
Richard.

11th February 2013, 07:54 PM	#6
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	I agree the lock is not an EIC, as they were made to even higher standards in Birmingham than British ordinance arms. I don't think the EIC ever had locks made outside the country, but am not sure. This one looks to me a nice though comparatively new one with a rather bad lock. Hello Jim!, Re. the use of flintlocks for longer periods "up North" in the khyber area, as they were easier to keep running than finding percussion caps; I'm not sure that this was the case, as I have heard that the reason the Matchlock was used so long in that part of the world, was because no suitable spark-producing stones were to be found in the area. Now, I have never been there,....and cant say which is right!.....but I don't thing both theories can be! Any more light on this? All the best, Richard.