The writing on top of the barrel appears to possibly be Ottoman Turkish script. But I don't know nuthin.
In retrospect I agree it isn't Turkish but I see nothing Nepalese that compares either. Take a look at Laotian script and see what you think. The link has some examples. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Phrase_sanskrit.pngNah, I don't recognize any of the letters and each letter is distinct instead of written like cursive. It's not Turkish or Arabic. If I had to to guess, it's being viewed upside down and the line should be at the top of the letters. It looks like Nepali or similar.
I cleaned the rust out of the flash pan and there was a powder hole. ( I`m still not firing it ). Any guesses as to approximate date it might have been made? These Matchlocks dated back 200+ years ,though I don`t believe this one is.
Well, suicide is out of the question.
Had to do one more to show size of this thing. I'm 6ft. 1". host image
That is beyond AWESOME. I'd love to have that over my mantle.
Well, suicide is out of the question.