MATCHLOCK INFO NEEDED.

[steve medlock]

Possibly a Torador. Does it look anything like this?

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...ed/torador.jpg

[Fagan]

Possibly a Torador. Does it look anything like this?

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...ed/torador.jpg

Yes it is very similar to this one. Any idea of age, history etc?

[robinghewitt]

Yes it is very similar to this one. Any idea of age, history etc?

Late 18th, early 19th century, India, this is the gun Mowgli was up against.

Move left into Islaam and you find Jezails in flint, Dr Watson was shot with a Jezail. Move right in to Burma and you find snapping matchlocks prevail as you approach Japan, don't know who they shot at. Europe is flint but these were still being made as we moved in to percussion.

India got converted when the French started to interfere with our lucrative East India Company trade. We let the Americans win their rebellion and concentrated our efforts on a much richer prize. Between us and the French we flooded the sub-continent with guns, made lots over there, but village blacksmiths still continued to hammer out these things. Some would say that the long barrel indicates poor quality powder, I'm not convinced.

They were cheap as chips for years, tended to go in lots of ten, but recently the value has started to rise. Suggest you sit tight for a bit if thinking of selling.

[Fagan]

Late 18th, early 19th century, India, this is the gun Mowgli was up against.

Move left into Islaam and you find Jezails in flint, Dr Watson was shot with a Jezail. Move right in to Burma and you find snapping matchlocks prevail as you approach Japan, don't know who they shot at. Europe is flint but these were still being made as we moved in to percussion.

India got converted when the French started to interfere with our lucrative East India Company trade. We let the Americans win their rebellion and concentrated our efforts on a much richer prize. Between us and the French we flooded the sub-continent with guns, made lots over there, but village blacksmiths still continued to hammer out these things. Some would say that the long barrel indicates poor quality powder, I'm not convinced.

They were cheap as chips for years, tended to go in lots of ten, but recently the value has started to rise. Suggest you sit tight for a bit if thinking of selling.

Thanks very much for your reply. Thats the most information I have ever seen crammed into a couple of paragraphs.
Looks like I will be keeping it for a while.
Once again thank you.
Kev.