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One of a kind Jezail muzzle-loading Blunderbuss in its original condition, with its ramrod. East India Trading Company Rampant Lion on the Lock Plate. Ethnological weapon manufactured in the 19th century, probably at the borders of India and Afghanistan. The East India Company was in charge of trade with the English colonies and which sold English weapons in particular, made in the United Kingdom but also this type of rudimentary rifles made by the natives. These primitive weapons were used in the wars against English colonial power by Afghan and other rebels. The Jezail is a very uniquely stocked weapon. The curved club stock is speculated as being a way to carry and fire the weapon from the back of a moving horse or camel. This one, and many like this, was made by salvaging a captured British musket’s lock and barrel during the Anglo-Afghan War and placed on a musket of more native design. “Afghan snipers were expert marksmen and their Jezzails fired roughened bullets, long iron nails or even pebbles over a range of some 250 meters. The Afghans could fling the large rifles across their shoulders as if they were feathers and spring nimbly from rock to rock." The overall condition is good. Strong action. The bore is in good shape for its age. "1872” and "2" is also marked on the Lock Plate. Nice brass barrel band add to the aesthetic as well as the engraved trigger guard.
Non fireable due to age. 26.5x7x3.25
