Product Description
Engraved MASSIVE 1700s Antique Indian TORADAR MATCHLOCK .71 Caliber Musket
Mughal Empire Indian with LONG 51 Inch Barrel
Here we present an antique Indian Toradar Matchlock Smooth Bore 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 in 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. Strong action. The bore is in good shape for its age. This example has a solid stock with a few stable cracks in the butt stocks. “BS/107” is marked on the right side of the butt stock. Here is a monster Toradar matchlock musket that will surly make a prodigious impact on a collection!
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Barrel is 51 inches.
Caliber: .71 Matchlock
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1800
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