Guns International #: 102870193
Seller's Inventory #: 244177

Category - Antique Rifles - Matchlock - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850

Category
Antique Rifles - Matchlock
Antique Rifles - 1500-1850

MASSIVE 1700s Antique Indian TORADAR MATCHLOCK RIFLED Musket HAND CANNON Mughal Empire Indian with LONG 50-3/8 Inch Barrel

Description:
MASSIVE 1700s Antique Indian TORADAR MATCHLOCK RIFLED Musket HAND CANNON  

Mughal Empire Indian with LONG 50-3/8 Inch Barrel

Here we present an antique Indian Toradar Matchlock Rifled Musket, made circa the 18th century in India. They were found mostly in the Mughal-influenced Northern and Central India. Emperor Akbar the Great was the Mughal ruler during the late half of the 16th Century. He was known for his many accomplishments, among which was the expansion of his empire. He was a great leader and military commander, but he also benefitted by adopting and developing firearms technology. Production and use of matchlock firearms greatly increased under his guidance, giving him an enormous advantage over those he would conquer. The Mughal Empire would finally succumb to the British in 1858. The matchlock would see its apex from the late 16th Century to about the mid-18th Century.

The gun is a type of smoothbore firearm used in the 16th through 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. Essentially, it was a scaled-up version of the army's standard infantry musket, but with a bore of up to one-inch (25.4 mm) caliber. These weapons filled a gap in firepower between the musket and the lightest artillery pieces, such as the swivel gun. This sort of weapon may also be found described as an amusette, rampart gun, or Hackbut, a name originally given to early medieval hand cannon.

The overall condition is good. Damascus pattern on the barrel with elaborate inscriptions. The action is strong. The bore is dark and well rifled. The stock shows much use and has been duffle cut. Repaired and chipped throughout.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 50-3/8 inches.

Caliber:  .71 Matchlock

Overall condition as seen in photos.

Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Delivered directly to your door by express mail!

Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

ancestryguns

$1800

#244177
 

Price: $1,800.00                     Buy Now

Antique: Yes