O-Zutsu

[Tengu1957]

I wanted share some images of my matchlocks. This one is 77 lbs and 44 inches. It is signed and mentions that it was made for a minor Daimyo. The silver inlay on the barrel translates into "reaching far away". I have not had it apart since I acquired it or I would provide images of the signed barrel.

[Tengu1957]

Sorry but I can't seem to successfully upload the images

[Geraint]

Hi Gary.

 

All looking forward to seeing it.  Go to , "More reply options" and bottom left wil come up the image handling stuff.  You may need to resize the images as there is a limit.

 

Keep trying!

 

All the best.

[DRDave]

Go to , "More reply options" and bottom left will come up the image handling stuff." 

 

After that, it's easy as 1, 2, 3.

 

[Tengu1957]

Here ( finally ) are some images , I have some others if you would like to see. Thanks

[Stephen]

What a beast...love to see more esp down the bore.

[Bugyotsuji]

Gary, a lovely gun in fantastic condition. What a great find!

 

If it says 遠至 then perhaps "long-range hit(s)" = achieving a faraway target, long-distance bullseye! 

[Viper6924]

Some candy for us tepponistas. Equipped with a solid breech (tobi no o) which is quite rare and only found on O-zutsu from 30 Monme and up. I’ve seen it on matchlocks from Yonezawa, Bizen and the island on Shikoku.

Hope you can open it up so might see if there is a signature present.

 

Jan

[Bazza]

Ahhhh, a rare beauty.  Love the barrel plug - original to the gun, I wonder???  Never heard of tobi no o before.  Very interesting indeed.

 

Thank you for posting Gary, I really enjoyed seeing this.  In over 50 years of collecting I have only seen two o-zutsu and cannot remember the breech configuration.  Something new learned today.

 

BaZZa.

[Bugyotsuji]

Bazza, it’s a bird tail breech fastener, like an extension backwards of the top of the barrel.. There is no Bisen screw plug with this style of barrel, meaning that it has to be swabbed out from the breech.

[Anthony de Vos]

Hi!

 

Fantastic gun, Gary. Heavy girl! 100 monme I presume. A real beauty.

 

Anthony

[Tengu1957]

Anthony

Bore is 4.4 cm

The barrel plug is supposed to be the original ram rod.