Antique Moorish Muzzle Loading Percussion Rifle DEACTIVATED (Holes bored in muzzle see photo)

THIS IS AN ANTIQUE CUSTOM MADE MUZZLE LOADER PERCUSSION RIFLE. THIS RIFLE WAS BOUGHT BY MY UNCLES BROTHER, WHO WAS A PILOT IN THE SA AIRWAYS, ON LAS PALMAS ISLAND OF THE COAST OF MOROCCO DURING THE 1960S. THE WOODEN STOCK HAS SOME AGED WEAR BUT HAS BEAUTIFUL CARVED GRIP PATTERN ON UNDERSIDE.
 
IT IS DEACTIVATED HOLES BORED IN MUZZLE - SEE PHOTO. 
 
DURING THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES LAS PALMAS WAS A STOPOVER ISLAND FOR MANY SPANISH GALLEON ON THEIR WAY TO THE AMERICAS. RIFLE HAS NO MARKINGS VISIBLE BUT THE BARREL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED AT SOME POINT WHICH MIGHT HAVE OBSCURED SOME MARKINGS. IT HAS A MOORISH ISLAMIC LOOK TO IT AND I READ ONLINE THAT MANY WESTERNERS COULD BUY THESE TYPE OF MUZZLE LOADERS FROM MOROCCO (WHICH IS NEAR LAS PALMAS) DURING THE MID TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BRING THEM BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
 
MUZZLELOADER IS THE TERM GIVEN TO EARLY FIREARMS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOADED FROM THE MUZZLE OR OPEN END. STILL HAS THE RAMROD IN TACT. IN GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION.
 
THIS RIFLE IS UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND ITEM. YOU WONT FIND ONE COMING UP ON AUCTION VERY OFTEN. YOU WILL PROPABLY ONLY GET THIS ONE CHANCE TO OBTAIN ONE.
 
SIZE: RIFLE 106CM LONG BARREL 68CM LONG
 
CONDITION: SOME CLEAR AGED WEAR TO WOOD. STILL HAS THE RAMROD IN TACT. BUT IT IS DEACTIVATED HOLES BORED IN MUZZLE SEE PHOTO. IN GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION.
 
LAS PALMAS:
Founded in 1478 at the mouth of a ravine, it was named for the abundant palms there. Their handy location off the west coast of Morocco made Las Palmas and the Canary Islands an important base for voyagers sailing across the Atlantic especially Spanish galleons taking advantage of the trade winds on their way to the Americas. Christopher Columbus also used it as a stopover to the Americas. With a year-round subtropical climate, beautiful beaches and turquoise seas, the Canary Islands with its 2 million residents attract 12 million visitors each year. 
 
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