Old Indian Toradar/Identification???

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Montagnard

Hi Stu,

nice collection!

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=232581

"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)."

Hi Montagnard,
Thank you for the kind comments.
As you will see from the thread you link to, opinions do differ but also remember that India and Afghanistan are very close geographicaly and there would be cross border "trade" going on, so parts would very likely have been combined to create a gun.
I still lean towards Afghanistan for your matchlock based on the stock shape, and I note that the same conclusion was reached in the linked thread.
Either way it can reasonably be said that your gun could be called "Indo Afghani"
Stu