WHERE IS THIS MATCHLOCK FROM?

[rickystl]

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.

[rickystl]

Hi Estcrh.
That's a really nice Ottoman matchlock. For what it's worth department, every Ottoman, Afghan, etc. barrel that I've seen, that had a rifled barrel, used 8 groove rifling. That must have been the primary standard for the period. Just an interesting side note.
Rick.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by rickystl

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.

Yes you are right, but the problem is that the top view is not shown. Certainly the stock "drop" is very similar. I also note your comment regarding smooth versus rifled bore.
Stu

Stu