An afghan jezail or north african rifle?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by francantolin

Thanks a lot for these interesting links !!! 🙏

I still havent remove the barrel from the wooden parts ( don't want to damage it ) but I persevere 💪

I found this powerful poem from Rudyard Kipling,
I guess many of you already knew it but for me it was the first time.



Kind regards

Always fascinated with India, and the Northwest Frontier, and probably watched "Gunga Din" a zillion times
Yup, I know this one by Kipling well!!!
It inspired my silliness in this cartoon with Kipling instructing the Afridi sniper:

[francantolin]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Always fascinated with India, and the Northwest Frontier, and probably watched "Gunga Din" a zillion times
Yup, I know this one by Kipling well!!!
It inspired my silliness in this cartoon with Kipling instructing the Afridi sniper:

Really nice and funny, thank you for sharing !🙂

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by francantolin

Really nice and funny, thank you for sharing !��

You bet! That gun is fantastic! I actually love the deeper curved stock and that it is a shorter barrel, more like a carbine.
The shorter gun is of course more effective for a rider, naturally cavalry used them. In these part (Texas) the saddle ring carbine is the thing, rather like Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson with his....I guess I see the colorful comparison.

I do recall reading that there was a brisk interchange of guns and parts with Sind regarding jezails (as Stu has well noted),so this one is a nice example.