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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 926295" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Back in 1967-68, I was stationed at a base near Peshawar, Pakistan. Some of us took an occasional 3 day pass and flew to Kabul, Afghanistan. The first ones that went brought back "Camel Guns" (that I believe they name due to the curved butt-stock) that were cap and ball rifles. When I made my trip, I talked with a number of the Army personnel stationed at the US embassy in Kabul.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They explained that many of the merchants went out into the country where battles had been fought and picked up all kinds of weapons. In most cases, the time involved that weapons had been somewhat buried, the wooden stocks had deteriorated away. Then the merchants would fashion new stocks to add to the barrel and action pieces.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I came away with a "Camel Gun" that could really be considered a carbine, since it was shorter than the ones seen in the linked article. I also purchased a saber, shield (definitely a replica, but authentic ones with saber marks on them could have been had as well), powder horn, powder measure (think like old balance scale but hand held) and a weapon tool with awl, hammer and screwdriver-like blade. Believe it or not, all the above for about $10.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">While it was common to see cap and ball rifles with wood engraving, I don't recall seeing any with pearl inlays.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 926295, member: 7900"] [FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="3"]Back in 1967-68, I was stationed at a base near Peshawar, Pakistan. Some of us took an occasional 3 day pass and flew to Kabul, Afghanistan. The first ones that went brought back "Camel Guns" (that I believe they name due to the curved butt-stock) that were cap and ball rifles. When I made my trip, I talked with a number of the Army personnel stationed at the US embassy in Kabul. They explained that many of the merchants went out into the country where battles had been fought and picked up all kinds of weapons. In most cases, the time involved that weapons had been somewhat buried, the wooden stocks had deteriorated away. Then the merchants would fashion new stocks to add to the barrel and action pieces. I came away with a "Camel Gun" that could really be considered a carbine, since it was shorter than the ones seen in the linked article. I also purchased a saber, shield (definitely a replica, but authentic ones with saber marks on them could have been had as well), powder horn, powder measure (think like old balance scale but hand held) and a weapon tool with awl, hammer and screwdriver-like blade. Believe it or not, all the above for about $10. While it was common to see cap and ball rifles with wood engraving, I don't recall seeing any with pearl inlays.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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