Bazaar musket

thinreadline · 2nd January 2023, 08:57 AM

very often the tourist examples have no functioning touch hole .

AHite · 2nd January 2023, 02:15 PM

One thing that stands out to me that this is a modern piece, made to look aged is that the two round head slotted screws on the gun seem to be peened the same way. The peening has partially closed the screw slot. On my antique ethnographic guns, as well as my very old US made Kentucky and Pennsylvania long guns, screw slots tend to get widened and worn out by use of improper sized screwdrivers. The impact damage on these two screw heads seems inconsistent with the relative lack of damage to the rest of the gun. So I believe that this damage was done intentionally by the builder.

None the less, this is a cool, decorative piece.

Drabant1701 · 2nd January 2023, 10:04 PM

I agree with previous posters. Its a good chance they used an old lock and barrel and remade it in the 20th century. I like it its very decorative. I would not activly buy one but if some one gave it to me I would hang it on the wall.

rickystl · 8th January 2023, 07:27 PM

Agree with Corrado. It's one of the better made tourist items from the 1960's or earlier,which sometimes used a combination of original surplus and new parts. The lock is an original snaphaunce from a Moroccan musket. The barrel could be an original, shortened or just a piece of formed pipe. The length being shorter than normal to make it easier for the tourist to transport back home - during that time before all the anti-gun regulations started. Looks like there was quite a bit of work in it.

Rick

2nd January 2023, 08:57 AM	#1
thinreadline Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wirral Posts: 1,204	very often the tourist examples have no functioning touch hole .

2nd January 2023, 02:15 PM	#2
AHite Member Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 45	One thing that stands out to me that this is a modern piece, made to look aged is that the two round head slotted screws on the gun seem to be peened the same way. The peening has partially closed the screw slot. On my antique ethnographic guns, as well as my very old US made Kentucky and Pennsylvania long guns, screw slots tend to get widened and worn out by use of improper sized screwdrivers. The impact damage on these two screw heads seems inconsistent with the relative lack of damage to the rest of the gun. So I believe that this damage was done intentionally by the builder. None the less, this is a cool, decorative piece.

2nd January 2023, 10:04 PM	#3
Drabant1701 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 181	I agree with previous posters. Its a good chance they used an old lock and barrel and remade it in the 20th century. I like it its very decorative. I would not activly buy one but if some one gave it to me I would hang it on the wall.

8th January 2023, 07:27 PM	#4
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,621	Agree with Corrado. It's one of the better made tourist items from the 1960's or earlier,which sometimes used a combination of original surplus and new parts. The lock is an original snaphaunce from a Moroccan musket. The barrel could be an original, shortened or just a piece of formed pipe. The length being shorter than normal to make it easier for the tourist to transport back home - during that time before all the anti-gun regulations started. Looks like there was quite a bit of work in it. Rick