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Jezail


 

The Jezail is an Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket (an un-rifled long gun) fired from a forked rest.

Related Topics:
Afghan - Matchlock - Flintlock - Musket

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The Jezail is most famous, at least in Western literature, as the weapon which wounded Dr. John Watson - the fictional biographer of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes - during his military service in Afghanistan.

Related Topics:
Dr. John Watson - Sherlock Holmes

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