SMLE .60 caliber matchlock

[breakeyp]

I found this interesting odd ball at a shop in Pennsylvania. It is entirely hand made using an SMLE as the pattern. I wish the craftsman would have signed his work.

When the trigger is pulled, linkage moves the arm near the flash pan that is loaded with fine powder. The arm holds a lighted cord that ignites the primer charge. Wind and wet weather render it useless.

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[browningautorifle]

That's very interesting. I'd also like to know the originator. Just curious.

[jmoore]

!!!! Too strange!

[Thunderbox]

It looks like something made for a colonial territory - maybe a really old-fashioned palace guard in Africa or the Far East.

Very well made. What an extraordinary piece.

[villiers]

Made in the 1970s for the Trucial Omani Volunteer Camel Corps Cadets. (The question I´d like to ask is: why?)

[Anzac15]

That's the most unique firearm I've seen in a while. Pretty darned extraordinary, thanks for sharing!

[Patrick Chadwick]

The question I´d like to ask is: why?)

Maybe the builder was sick of the endless headspace discussion?

[CW Mock]

That is probably one of the most interesting things I have seen in a long time relating to firearms.

I wonder if that thing still shoots, or is even safe to fire? Definitely be a one in a lifetime experience!

[Mk VII]

Perhaps they didn't trust them with real firearms.

[jmoore]

Made in the 1970s for the Trucial Omani Volunteer Camel Corps Cadets.

Ok, I've got to ask: Really??? If so, how in the world did you know that little bit of info?