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Here is a belt assembly belonging to a Gurkha serving on the Northwest Frontier of India around 1890. This probably belonged to an 'irregular' and he would have been using a percussion Enfield, a breechloading Snider or even a Lee-Metford bolt action rifle.
The small horn at the right of the pix is not a powder horn but has a wooden cap over the large end that is easily removeable. It contains strips of oily rag but not big enough for making bullet patches. The weird shaped leather pouch next to it only has an opening of about 3/4". Any ideas?
The close-up is of a Tibetan style "chuk-muk" or tinder lighter. The bottom is a chunk of steel and the pouch itself still holds tinder.
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JP
The small horn at the right of the pix is not a powder horn but has a wooden cap over the large end that is easily removeable. It contains strips of oily rag but not big enough for making bullet patches. The weird shaped leather pouch next to it only has an opening of about 3/4". Any ideas?
The close-up is of a Tibetan style "chuk-muk" or tinder lighter. The bottom is a chunk of steel and the pouch itself still holds tinder.
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JP