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Jezail Musket
A Jezail is a type of long-barrel muzzle-loading musket made in the Middle East, Asia and India up until the early 20th century. Since Jezails were made to order by individual craftsmen they are not standardised, having either matchlock or flintlock mechanisms and often using Brown Bess Flintlock Musket lockwork, and sometimes having rifled barrels, but are typically identified by their unusual horn-shaped stock. They were similar to American Frontier-era hunting rifles but were typically heavier and larger, with calibres in the .50-.75 range, and were used in a similar role to modern sniper rifles. Their heavy weight and long barrel led to a much greater effective range than standard infantry muskets, and they were used to fearsome effect by Afghan snipers during the Anglo-Afghan wars in the 19th century.
As with most antique weapons, Jezail muskets seen in live-action productions are quite likely to be modern replicas or non-functional props.
Specifications
(? - 19th Century)
Type: Muzzleloading black powder musket
Caliber: Various
Capacity: 1
Fire Modes: Single Shot
The Jezail Musket and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau Geste | Tuaregs | 1939 | ||
| Legend of the Lost | Tuaregs | 1957 | ||
| Lawrence of Arabia | Bodyguards | 1962 | ||
| The Unvanquished (L'Insoumis) | Decoration on the wall | 1964 | ||
| The Naked Prey | Slavers | 1966 | ||
| Khartoum | Hangs on the wall | 1966 | ||
| Untamable Angelique | Mezzo Morte guards, Arab hijackers | 1967 | ||
| Angelique and the Sultan | Henri Cogan | Simon Bolbec | 1968 | |
| Angelique and the Sultan | Prison guards, sultan´s soldiers | 1968 | ||
| Colonel Wolodyjowski | Turkish soldiers | 1969 | ||
| Young Winston | Pashtun tribesmen; Mahdists | 1972 | ||
| The Man Who Would Be King | Boy | 1975 | ||
| The Wind and the Lion | Berber warriors | 1975 | ||
| March or Die | Bedouins | 1977 | ||
| Flatfoot in Egypt | Bedouins | 1980 | ||
| Sahara | John Rhys-Davies | Rasoul | Hanging in a tent | 1983 |
| The Beast of War | Jason Patric | Konstantin Koverchenko | 1988 | |
| The Beast of War | Afghan Mujahideen | 1988 | ||
| Operation Condor | Arabic kidnappers | 1991 | ||
| With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) | Andrzej Pieczynski | Czeremis | 1999 | |
| The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) | Bashi Bazouks | 2005 | ||
| Green Zone | 2010 | |||
| The Three Musketeers | 2011 | |||
| Day of the Falcon (Or noir) | The tribal warriors, Auda´s men | 2011 | ||
| American Sniper | Hanging on wall | 2014 | ||
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Melissa Jaffer | The Keeper of the Seeds | 2015 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Soldier | Ottoman Musket "Shifting Sands" (S3E1) | 1991-1997 | ||
| Banshee - Season 2 | Antony Starr | Sheriff Lucas Hood | seen in Proctor's illegal weapon arsenal / Episode 8 | 2014 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | |||
| Team Fortress 2 | As the "Bazaar Bargain" | With laser pointer and scope, converted to fire center-fire rifle cartridges | 2007 |
Animation
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Tintin | Marines | 2011 |