Omani barrel.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Pukka Bundook

Dear Ibrahiim,

Very interesting regarding the talismanic nails!
I think you have "nailed" it!
The hollow rectangle you see in front of the pan is actually cut out in both directions, so is Exactly the same as the nails you show in the other thread.


This to me removes all doubt that the barrels are indeed Persian rather than German. Thank you for that!!

There is good reason to protect the touch-hole area from evil....do not want the devil messing up your powder igniting when it counts. :-)
I have attached your 'Nail " photos for the sake of clarity. Thank you again!
The second link you kindly posted will not work.

Indeed having the Devil mess with that part of the weapon could prove costly...Thank you for making the bridge between the architectural talismanic nail and the gun architecture..which I agree fairly well supports the Persian concept although more evidence linking Sinhalese weapons may surface...not least the written proof that THE PURCHASE of 200 or more weapons was made by the Omanis a few hundred years ago as seen at omanisilver.com On that subject please try http://omanisilver.com/index.html