Jezails: Collection or addiction?

trenchwarfare · 2nd December 2013, 02:40 PM

Nice piece. I got into, and outta Middle Eastern/North African smoke poles, a few years back. Problem now is, the PRICE! Just a couple years ago, you could get nice ones off Gunbroker for under $500.00. I even bought a couple off ebay. Now, the raggediest rag, is $700.00, and up. Nice ones start at $1,200.00. And, most of those, aren't even real guns. You'd think, with the number of guns coming from Afghanistan, the market would be a little more forgiving. Just the opposite. More guns, more money.

I'll stick with my Tanegashima. Much easier to resist, cuz they're waaay over my head.

Berkley · 2nd December 2013, 05:23 PM

Raf, thank you very much for the further information on the lock. That is very helpful indeed.
RDGAC, I agree with the comparison to Old West guns, although the closest comparable is probably a relic condition Winchester with a rawhide repair.and brass tacks ornamenting the stock. (And I'm not interested in a moukhalla, I'm not, I'm not….

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Trenchwarfare, I feel well pleased then, since I was the only bidder for this "North African flintlock musket" and got it for the opening bid - well under $500.

2nd December 2013, 02:40 PM	#1
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Nice piece. I got into, and outta Middle Eastern/North African smoke poles, a few years back. Problem now is, the PRICE! Just a couple years ago, you could get nice ones off Gunbroker for under $500.00. I even bought a couple off ebay. Now, the raggediest rag, is $700.00, and up. Nice ones start at $1,200.00. And, most of those, aren't even real guns. You'd think, with the number of guns coming from Afghanistan, the market would be a little more forgiving. Just the opposite. More guns, more money. I'll stick with my Tanegashima. Much easier to resist, cuz they're waaay over my head.

2nd December 2013, 05:23 PM	#2
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	Raf, thank you very much for the further information on the lock. That is very helpful indeed. RDGAC, I agree with the comparison to Old West guns, although the closest comparable is probably a relic condition Winchester with a rawhide repair.and brass tacks ornamenting the stock. (And I'm not interested in a moukhalla, I'm not, I'm not…. ). Trenchwarfare, I feel well pleased then, since I was the only bidder for this "North African flintlock musket" and got it for the opening bid - well under $500.