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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

4th May 2025, 07:38 PM

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Afghanistan matchlock musket

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Posted By AHite

I paid a visit to my son's museum, his upstairs...

I paid a visit to my son's museum, his upstairs room which is filled with lots of skulls and taxidermy. The teeth on my musket definitely match those on the Russian boar mount he has, the teeth that...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

4th May 2025, 02:30 PM

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Afghanistan matchlock musket

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Posted By AHite

Thanks for your information! I suspected that...

Thanks for your information! I suspected that this gun came from Yemen. I could only guess as to what the skin was from. Standard guess from others was "camel".

Regards,

Andrew Hite

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

1st October 2024, 10:29 PM

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Afghanistan matchlock musket

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Posted By AHite

Thanks for your comments. After doing more...

Thanks for your comments. After doing more research I determined that this gun is an Indo-Arab matchlock, and I doubt it was obtained in Afghanistan. There's a saying among vintage gun collectors,...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

30th September 2024, 10:38 PM

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Afghanistan matchlock musket

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Posted By AHite

Afghanistan matchlock musket

I just acquired this matchlock in a trade. A local gun shop had three old firearms displayed on their wall, which according to the owner were found by a US Marine in a cave in Afghanistan. One is...

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