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Old 20th October 2008, 12:33 AM   #7
fernando
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Hi Michael, thanks a lot for your coments.

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Originally Posted by Matchlock
Sorry to have to destroy a possible myth but Rainer Daehnhardt's gun is far from being European and/or early 16th century.
As you will notice, i have quoted that the gun is from the Malabar (Southwest India) and not from Europe.


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Originally Posted by Matchlock
The barrel is clearly Indian, 18th/19th centuries, the stock is a crude modern reproduction missing only the tiniest touch of original German style...
If you say so i will have no doubt ... but i don't think he ever said it is of German style either.


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Originally Posted by Matchlock
Mind: hooks were never parts of the stocks but only of the iron barrels!
So i must assume this stock shape never existed ?


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Originally Posted by Matchlock
Otherwise they would have made no sense at all.
Sorry for my ignorance, but i don't understand; what is the difference between the hook being placed in the stock or in the barrel ? doesn't it prevent the firing impact (kick back) in both cases ?




Sorry Michael, but these are all doubts from a layman like me. I am not worried about this specimen being a mith, nor about Daehnhardt's sincerity; i don't like helping to build gurus. But i need to be sure to myself that this thing is a fake ... to the extent that i can tell it in his face when i see him.

Thanks again
Fernando
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