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=Additional Images= | |||
==Percussion Shotgun== | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dahomey Army soldier raises the gun...]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...and fires it in air. Note the smock from percussion lock (pointed by the red arrow). Numerous SMLE (see bellow) is seen on the ground, covered by the rag.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A slightly other view of his gun.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dahomey Army soldier hits the slave by the buttstock of his gun.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gun's barrel can be seen at the left.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 16.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note, that the lock of this gun is partly broken.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A slightly other view of the gun.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The single barrel band is seen.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dahomey Royal guard (at the left) puts his rifle on the ground.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde cannon 3 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dahomey Amazon holds the gun during the battle.]] | |||
[[Image:Cobra Verde rifle 4 21.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dahomey Army soldiers hold the guns. Note the percussion hammers.]] | |||
=Discussion= | |||
Carbine is not Sharps but Remington Rolling Block. Among the "Moukhala Musket" there is a number of common hunting shotguns, for example on Cobra Verde rifle 4 12.jpg. --[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 01:32, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | Carbine is not Sharps but Remington Rolling Block. Among the "Moukhala Musket" there is a number of common hunting shotguns, for example on Cobra Verde rifle 4 12.jpg. --[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 01:32, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | ||
:Could a rifle be something like a Gewehr 71 placed in a wooden stock? --[[User:Slon95|Slon95]] ([[User talk:Slon95|talk]]) 11:46, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | :Could a rifle be something like a Gewehr 71 placed in a wooden stock? --[[User:Slon95|Slon95]] ([[User talk:Slon95|talk]]) 11:46, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | ||
::Custom stock is a best guess. The base rifle looks more like a small caliber due to very thin barrel. Or maybe I'm wrong...--[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 11:55, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | |||
:::Perhaps one of those .22 single-shot FNs. There are not many known bolt-actions with this position of the bolt. --[[User:Slon95|Slon95]] ([[User talk:Slon95|talk]]) 12:34, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | |||
::::Bot action FN of .22? As it can be seen on the page [[FN Herstal#Rifles|FN]], the only .22 rifle of this manufacture, that exist at the 1987, is a pump-action [[FN Trombone]]. [[User:Pyramid Silent|Pyramid Silent]] ([[User talk:Pyramid Silent|talk]]) 15:59, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | |||
:::::At least [https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/cordierantiques/54/578254/H4091-L84694912.jpg FN Model 1912], maybe more models. --[[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 16:10, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | |||
::::::A great thanks! I had add this information. How do you think, is the page correct now? [[User:Pyramid Silent|Pyramid Silent]] ([[User talk:Pyramid Silent|talk]]) 16:46, 1 May 2020 (EDT) | |||
Latest revision as of 12:54, 6 June 2020
Additional Images
Percussion Shotgun
Discussion
Carbine is not Sharps but Remington Rolling Block. Among the "Moukhala Musket" there is a number of common hunting shotguns, for example on Cobra Verde rifle 4 12.jpg. --Greg-Z (talk) 01:32, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Could a rifle be something like a Gewehr 71 placed in a wooden stock? --Slon95 (talk) 11:46, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Custom stock is a best guess. The base rifle looks more like a small caliber due to very thin barrel. Or maybe I'm wrong...--Greg-Z (talk) 11:55, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Perhaps one of those .22 single-shot FNs. There are not many known bolt-actions with this position of the bolt. --Slon95 (talk) 12:34, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Bot action FN of .22? As it can be seen on the page FN, the only .22 rifle of this manufacture, that exist at the 1987, is a pump-action FN Trombone. Pyramid Silent (talk) 15:59, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- At least FN Model 1912, maybe more models. --Greg-Z (talk) 16:10, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- A great thanks! I had add this information. How do you think, is the page correct now? Pyramid Silent (talk) 16:46, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- At least FN Model 1912, maybe more models. --Greg-Z (talk) 16:10, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Bot action FN of .22? As it can be seen on the page FN, the only .22 rifle of this manufacture, that exist at the 1987, is a pump-action FN Trombone. Pyramid Silent (talk) 15:59, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Perhaps one of those .22 single-shot FNs. There are not many known bolt-actions with this position of the bolt. --Slon95 (talk) 12:34, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
- Custom stock is a best guess. The base rifle looks more like a small caliber due to very thin barrel. Or maybe I'm wrong...--Greg-Z (talk) 11:55, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
