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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
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Dear Friends,
Please allow me to ask for help with a caplock firearm I acquired today. It was presented to me as “Japanese,” but it certainly is not from Japan. It is a well, but lightly made. I judge it to be a .42 +/- cal, shotgun. It is delicate but well-made and has brass inlay on the top and bottom edges of the stock. And there is a series of stamped character on the side of the stock. I would deeply appreciate assessments. I assume it is a 19th century piece, but where might it be from? Peter |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND
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Hi Peter,
The stamps look to be maybe Burmese but I could be wrong there. I would have thought South East Asian anyway. Can you please post pics of the whole item showing barrel length. The stock appears to be crafted in the English style. Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 26th September 2022 at 04:56 AM. |
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Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Leiden, NL
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I think they could also be Lao numerals (but if so the picture looks like it's upside down).
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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The inscription is Thai. Your picture is upside down, as noted above. I cannot make out the first two characters, but the rest are Thai numerals as shown in the attached pic.
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Join Date: Sep 2021
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Hah, yeah, I was looking at the wrong row header in the numerals table.
The first two characters might be letters; นพ. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Hi werecow. Yes, I think you are right about the first two characters.
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