Help to ID region/country for this flintlock cheek gun

stenoyab · 17th July 2014, 09:03 PM

Thank you very much, armed with 'Coorg', a net search quickly confirmed your ID.

What's slightly annoying is that they are mentioned in 'Firearms of the Islamic World' but not illustrated.... a picture is worth a thousand words.

Thanks once again, but must confess I'm not a new member, it was just 10 years between my first and second posts

trenchwarfare · 20th July 2014, 02:53 AM

Oops, didn't look at your join date. These guns, and similar others, are the Rodney Dangerfield of these forums. "They don't get no respect!" I understand that there are few who collect them, and even less information. But, you would think that there would be at least some conversation on them?

stenoyab · 20th July 2014, 10:24 AM

Have to agree, I like these rather 'Plain Jane' examples over the elaborate mother of pearl/brass encrusted ones mainly made for show and weddings.

If anyone is in Norfolk England some time, they should visit Sandringham, they have over a hundred on display on the walls, a legacy of the Raj.

They also have a long corridor with the walls covered in ethnic weapons and blades of all types.

17th July 2014, 09:03 PM	#1
stenoyab Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43	Thank you very much, armed with 'Coorg', a net search quickly confirmed your ID. What's slightly annoying is that they are mentioned in 'Firearms of the Islamic World' but not illustrated.... a picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks once again, but must confess I'm not a new member, it was just 10 years between my first and second posts

20th July 2014, 02:53 AM	#2
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Oops, didn't look at your join date. These guns, and similar others, are the Rodney Dangerfield of these forums. "They don't get no respect!" I understand that there are few who collect them, and even less information. But, you would think that there would be at least some conversation on them?

20th July 2014, 10:24 AM	#3
stenoyab Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43	Have to agree, I like these rather 'Plain Jane' examples over the elaborate mother of pearl/brass encrusted ones mainly made for show and weddings. If anyone is in Norfolk England some time, they should visit Sandringham, they have over a hundred on display on the walls, a legacy of the Raj. They also have a long corridor with the walls covered in ethnic weapons and blades of all types.