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Cerjak 7th March 2013 10:40 AM
Tibetan matchlock rifle for comment
 
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Hi everybody,
This is some pics about Tibetan matchlock rifle I just bought few days ago.
from a seller who was offering it as a Afghan musket.
This gun still have his operating serpentine in a leather bag fixed on the stock and a wooden bipod.
Hoping hat somebody could confirm my opinion and could tell me more about Tibetan gun

Any comment on it will be welcome

Cerjak

Cerjak 7th March 2013 10:47 AM
more pictures from similar example
 
more pictures found from similar example..

Cerjak 7th March 2013 10:48 AM
the pics
 
the pics

Cerjak 7th March 2013 10:54 AM
the pics
 
the pics

Cerjak 7th March 2013 10:58 AM
sorry the pics was not
 
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sorry the pics was not

Cerjak 10th March 2013 06:22 PM
small pieces in leather with bird’s feathers
 
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Some extra pictures after a small restoration, I’m wondering if somebody could tell me more about this small pieces in leather with bird’s feathers who is covering the pan ,is it typical from Tibetan gun ?

Cerjak 10th March 2013 06:27 PM
more pictures
 
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Cerjak 10th March 2013 06:38 PM
more pictures
 
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more pictures

Cerjak 10th March 2013 06:54 PM
more pictures
 
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machinist 11th March 2013 06:41 AM
That is really nice, I have always liked those rifles with the central Asian bipod.
I would love to own one but would hate to have to hunt with it, although it might be nice for when the wolves come.

pbleed 11th March 2013 10:20 PM
One of the high points of my life was a trip up to NE Tibet, to the Town called Xaihe, where the great Ladrang temple is located in the early 1990's This has long been a contact point between Tibetans, Muslims, and Chinese. In the 1920's there was serious inter-ethnic fighting. And the People's Army occupied Ladrang a couple of years back.
This was also the only place I have ever been where men were wearing swords as they walked about!
I visited what must have been a gun shop altho there were no guns or ammo on display. He did have several "new" and ready to install bipods - which to this day I kick myself for not buying. Then, about a half a mile down the road, there was a guys who had a couple of matchlocks. I read them as typically "Indian" guns, but they had had bipods which had been removed. These were opriced at $100 a copy, but I was very certain them getting them home would have been a challenge - - - so I didn't buy them either.
Peter

Cerjak 12th March 2013 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by pbleed
One of the high points of my life was a trip up to NE Tibet, to the Town called Xaihe, where the great Ladrang temple is located in the early 1990's This has long been a contact point between Tibetans, Muslims, and Chinese. In the 1920's there was serious inter-ethnic fighting. And the People's Army occupied Ladrang a couple of years back.
This was also the only place I have ever been where men were wearing swords as they walked about!
I visited what must have been a gun shop altho there were no guns or ammo on display. He did have several "new" and ready to install bipods - which to this day I kick myself for not buying. Then, about a half a mile down the road, there was a guys who had a couple of matchlocks. I read them as typically "Indian" guns, but they had had bipods which had been removed. These were opriced at $100 a copy, but I was very certain them getting them home would have been a challenge - - - so I didn't buy them either.
Peter
Dear Peter

I understand that it had been for you a fantastic trip ,and I Hope that on this time you have take many pictures from this place and if I'm lucky you could post on this thread some of them..

Regards

Jean-Luc


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