[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by trenchwarfare

This arrived via USPS, yesterday. Very nice little carbine. It's almost small enough to be considered a pistol. Barrel is 13", with an o/a length, of 25 1/2". About .50 caliber. My initial thought was Indo-Persian. But, the stock is very like Circassian. All of the chisel work on the barrel was gold inlayed, and some traces remain. All stock penetrations are, or were lined with bone escutions. The ones for the front sling swivel are missing. But then, that swivel has been replaced. There are even bone liners on both sides of the breach tang. I don't think they're ivory. Lock is crudely marked, with mispelled British markings. Looks to be converted from flint, to percussion. I suspect, the barrel band is a replacement. Not the same quality as the rest. All that being said, whatizzit?

Salaams trenchwarfare ~ Very clear picture of the mis spelled TOWER mark and probably going on from that assumption one of the home made local workshop variants from up the Khyber or similar provenance... This one with a decent trigger guard likely stripped off another weapon (usually the trigger guards are flimsy built copies) The barrel possibly cut back torador or similar. Indo Persian or Indo Afghan. Obviously a copy but interesting to get to grips with these home made jobs and for members to identify the salient points on a lot of these copies... Where it gets tricky is when original parts are added.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.