Indians For Guns

Hi Member ,want to share some pictures of antique guns i came across last week.They were really very old , I think hand made ,no mark,name ,text available over them.orignally orignating from Arab region.

I will try to post some more pics of Rifle similer to them.

thanks
they are simple to look at but in many ways stylish.

any idea of the performance?

nagarifle";p="47098 wrote: any idea of the performance?

No Idea,,i dont think if anyone will use it ,,,just Show peices now.

thanks
in the last pic , the last rifle and one other seems to have a narrow stamp sticking out of the butt, is that part of the rifle? if so then any idea how it would be fired?

Are these for sale ? won't mind putting them as show peice ~!!~

nagarifle";p="47104 wrote: thanks
in the last pic , the last rifle and one other seems to have a narrow stamp sticking out of the butt, is that part of the rifle? if so then any idea how it would be fired?

Yes it is a part of gun,,no idea for what,may be for fixing it some where,,

These are on for sale ,but cannot bring them to India i guess,,Secondly very expensive,,

In the early 90's saw many such matchlocks being sold at a gun shop in Delhi (outer circle) - prices quoted at the time were INR 2,000 - 5,000 depending on the quality of embellishment on the gun. Each gun had had it's trigger removed and came with a certificate of it being a non-functional firearm, thus negating the need for an arms license.

AFAIK English/ French made muzzle loaders (single as well as doubles) can still be had (on an arms license) for INR 5,000-6,000/- or so... Most are junk some are in pretty decent condition.

Cheers!
Abhijeet

Are there guns with some private collector or with some meuseum ?
Cheers
Mandeep

They are for Sale,previously belonged to a king,An antique shop is selling them,

msandhu";p="47113 wrote: Are there guns with some private collector or with some meuseum ?
Cheers
Mandeep