WHERE IS THIS MATCHLOCK FROM?

rickystl · 9th May 2015, 07:36 PM

Hi Stu.
I keep looking at this gun. And keep scratching my head. LOL!

When I look at the long cut out for the trigger, spring, and bar - with no metal cover over the cut out, it made me think Khyber Pass. Then I started theorizing the barrel was restocked in a different region sometime during the period. But, there is nothing about the gun that looks Afghan/Khyber. The butt stock, to me, only looks Ottoman from one angle. And there is very little drop in the butt stock. But go to Elgood's Firearms of the Islamic World, and turn to page 149. The butt stock of those two guns look very close to your's. At least to me.

Rick.

9th May 2015, 07:36 PM	#12
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,630	Hi Stu. I keep looking at this gun. And keep scratching my head. LOL! When I look at the long cut out for the trigger, spring, and bar - with no metal cover over the cut out, it made me think Khyber Pass. Then I started theorizing the barrel was restocked in a different region sometime during the period. But, there is nothing about the gun that looks Afghan/Khyber. The butt stock, to me, only looks Ottoman from one angle. And there is very little drop in the butt stock. But go to Elgood's Firearms of the Islamic World, and turn to page 149. The butt stock of those two guns look very close to your's. At least to me. Rick.