fantasy matchlocks

[Raf]

These two comedy matchlocks turned up the other day . New stocks , obviously from the same hand . The Italian looking one is faked up from a Persian barrel with a European style flashpan added and a modern lock. So the other one ought to be equally dodgy. But look on. The lock , including its tiller is sixteenth century and the barrel ? Ignore the barrel lugs and flashpan which are modern.
I think Michael might enjoy commenting on this...