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Old 23rd April 2008, 04:26 AM   #2
Jim McDougall
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You've done it again Fernando! where in the world do you find these unbelievably interesting items? I never thought much about measuring devices for powder, but of course they must have been important, otherwise you'd blow the gun to pieces with a mischarge. I guess it probably happened more than we have heard though.
The interesting hourglass geometrics, very much like similar on the flyssa motif. Possibly Berber, or in the Maghreb. Possibly referenced in either Islamic firearms by Elgood or maybe in the Tirri book?

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Jim
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