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28th October 2015, 03:49 AM | #1 |
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The serpentine doesn't looks cut deep enough for a match. With the "nib" in the pan, is it possibly percussion? I know, it would take considerable pressure on the trigger, to fire a cap.
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28th October 2015, 09:06 AM | #3 | |
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YOUR MUSKET IS SO MUCH LIKE MINE,JUST ONE YEAR APART FROM THE DATES.MUST HAVE RUBBED SHOULDERS AT ONE TIME,CHEERS AND THANKS FOR POSTING |
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28th October 2015, 12:00 PM | #4 |
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Hi Rajesh,
It's a nice one! I don't think that it was made for a boy. As you said probably a carbine. My torador is also very short. I think it depends of the use... Best, Kubur |
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28th October 2015, 12:38 PM | #7 |
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I think these ones are for another use, they are really short.
They look like guns or blunderbuss. Rajesh's carbine is probably for hunting. |
28th October 2015, 02:21 PM | #8 |
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Are there any written accounts of the use of these short and even shorter matchlocks? I have seen paintings of hunting scenes, but they generally show long or intermediate arms.
Regarding dates; It is possible that the dates are when they were "inventoried" in an arsenal, rather than when they were made. On Indian arms, this sometimes happened more than once. Richard. |
29th October 2015, 03:49 PM | #9 | |
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As for the short versions being mentioned in written accounts, there are a few mentions in general of "tamancha torador" but the only reference to their purpose I know of is by Georeg Stone who said that they were "probably mainly for show". I think they would have been a good household defense weapon, the ones pictured just do not look like show pieces unless Stone meant they were more for intimidation. |
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THATS A BEAUTIFUL ARRAY OF TAMANCHAS ,COPIED THAT FOR MY E-LIBRARY REGARDS RAJESH |
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30th October 2015, 11:18 AM | #11 |
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Hi Rajesh,
Mine has a lot of tigers on the barrel. Let's dream that it was to hunt tigers... Best, Kubur |
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