TWO MATCHLOCK MUSKETS for ID and COMMENT

kahnjar1 · 7th April 2015, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

These two pieces arrived today. Neither have been cleaned or touched so are completely original condition. There is a little work to be done when I have time, but in the meantime I would like opinion as to origin.
So that things do not get confused I will call the top one #1 and the other #2 and will split the close up pics into separate posts.
Stu
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Here are close ups of the top one. Overall 1570mm Barrel 1140mm

kahnjar1 · 7th April 2015, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Here are close ups of the top one.

....and close ups of #2 Overall 1310mm Barrel 870mm

thinreadline · 7th April 2015, 09:03 AM

All I can say is that they are Indian .

Kubur · 7th April 2015, 09:39 AM

Me too!!
And you will have a lot of work to clean them properly!!

BANDOOK · 7th April 2015, 10:22 AM

HI STU AM SURE YOUR MATCHLOCKS ARE FROM INDIA,THEY ARE FROM RAJASTHAN AND ARE CALLED AS TORADORS .REGARDS

Norman McCormick · 7th April 2015, 05:39 PM

Hi Stu,
Indian matchlocks which I'm sure will look really neat after a little 'pampering'. More Ethno firearms have started to appear on the Forum recently which for me is a bonus so looking forward to further posts after aforementioned 'pampering'. Nice guns.

My Regards,
Norman.

kahnjar1 · 7th April 2015, 08:50 PM

Thanks for the comments....

Kubur.....nothing is achieved without some hard work....

Bandook.....While I agree that it is likely that these are Indian (or in the case of #1 maybe Indo/Arab), I do not think that they are Toradors. The shape is wrong IMHO. The Torador stock has a much more pronounced notch and (usually) a straight stock.

Norm......Thanks your kind comments. I will definitely post again once the TLC is complete. This may take a while as there is not always as much spare time as one would like to get these things done.
I have hopes that at least one of these will be a "shooter" though the bores look rather gnarly at present. Time will tell......

Stu

7th April 2015, 10:22 AM	#5
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 627	INDIAN TORADORS HI STU AM SURE YOUR MATCHLOCKS ARE FROM INDIA,THEY ARE FROM RAJASTHAN AND ARE CALLED AS TORADORS .REGARDS

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7th April 2015, 09:03 AM	#3
thinreadline Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wirral Posts: 1,204	All I can say is that they are Indian .

7th April 2015, 09:39 AM	#4
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Me too!! And you will have a lot of work to clean them properly!!

7th April 2015, 05:39 PM	#6
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,618	Hi Stu, Indian matchlocks which I'm sure will look really neat after a little 'pampering'. More Ethno firearms have started to appear on the Forum recently which for me is a bonus so looking forward to further posts after aforementioned 'pampering'. Nice guns. My Regards, Norman.

7th April 2015, 08:50 PM	#7
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,789	Thanks for the comments.... Kubur.....nothing is achieved without some hard work.... Bandook.....While I agree that it is likely that these are Indian (or in the case of #1 maybe Indo/Arab), I do not think that they are Toradors. The shape is wrong IMHO. The Torador stock has a much more pronounced notch and (usually) a straight stock. Norm......Thanks your kind comments. I will definitely post again once the TLC is complete. This may take a while as there is not always as much spare time as one would like to get these things done. I have hopes that at least one of these will be a "shooter" though the bores look rather gnarly at present. Time will tell...... Stu