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Old 27th July 2025, 03:36 AM   #9
Jim McDougall
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I dont know a lot on guns Ian, but those percussion hammers, like the whole setup look pretty weak. When I see these combination weapons I often wonder if they were used, or even intended to be used.

Those durbars from what I have understood were pretty big events bringing together figures and people from many princely states and administrative regions for official business and diplomatic interactions. This attracted many vendors and artisans creating a sort of swap meet type exchange.
I think a lot of the weapons that have come into collecting communities had their origins in these......much like the weapons seen in Egerton (1885).
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