Fine mid Qing matchlock musket
With a golden damascened lock of the Indo-Portuguese type.
Chinese matchlock pistol
The first of its kind I've ever seen on the market.
Súng hỏa mai
Vietnamese word for matchlock musket.
A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
Padri gun
Padri gun is the name of a Malay matchlock.
Satingar
Malay word for their matchlock musket.
A Vietnamese matchlock musket
Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.
Niǎoqiāng (鳥鎗)
The Chinese word for matchlock musket.
Toradar
The Indian matchlock musket.
Tibetan matchlock musket
A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.
Fine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
Fine toradar with stippled barrel
With markings attributing it to Jalore.
Indian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction
A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inlays are in
Vietnamese musket with silver lock
Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.
Vietnamese matchlock
A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.
An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
Chinese cavalry matchlock
Background
While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the gun, firearms in Ch