Ottoman matchlock examples.

rickystl · 19th December 2015, 09:27 PM

I posted these guns earlier this year, but thought I would just add this to the "conversion" mentions here in this Thread.
First is a typical Ottoman rifle. What's interesting is the gun originally had a slightly larger miquelet lock. Possibly due to damage the lock was changed to a slightly smaller miquelet lock back in the period. And wood was added to fill the gaps, but was professionally done. You can hardly tell.

Second is an Afghan Jazail whose barrel started life as a matchlock. The matchlock pan was removed, and the gun re-stocked using a flintlock.

So many of these guns were likely in a constant state of repair and re-furbishing.

Rick.

19th December 2015, 09:27 PM	#24
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,633	I posted these guns earlier this year, but thought I would just add this to the "conversion" mentions here in this Thread. First is a typical Ottoman rifle. What's interesting is the gun originally had a slightly larger miquelet lock. Possibly due to damage the lock was changed to a slightly smaller miquelet lock back in the period. And wood was added to fill the gaps, but was professionally done. You can hardly tell. Second is an Afghan Jazail whose barrel started life as a matchlock. The matchlock pan was removed, and the gun re-stocked using a flintlock. So many of these guns were likely in a constant state of repair and re-furbishing. Rick. Attached Images