Matchlock gun of Afghanistan?

ariel · 28th August 2018, 07:29 PM

Fernando,
Thanks for your comments.

Now things become bit more clear and we can provide a more informed answer to Corrado26 re. his friend's Indian gun.

On the one hand we see a gun often encountered in South India with rattan bindings that are also abundant there..

On the other hand such stock pattern might have been potentially seen in Afghanistan ( but the evidence is extremely weak) and rattan bindings were seen on a single specimen ( jezail).

On the preponderance of evidence I would vote for the first possibility.

Thanks to all of you for a lesson.

28th August 2018, 07:29 PM	#18
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Fernando, Thanks for your comments. Now things become bit more clear and we can provide a more informed answer to Corrado26 re. his friend's Indian gun. On the one hand we see a gun often encountered in South India with rattan bindings that are also abundant there.. On the other hand such stock pattern might have been potentially seen in Afghanistan ( but the evidence is extremely weak) and rattan bindings were seen on a single specimen ( jezail). On the preponderance of evidence I would vote for the first possibility. Thanks to all of you for a lesson.