Thread: Found in Vietnam

Matchlock of the type made by the hill tribes, used with shot for birds and monkeys. Since the war they were left with a lot of US equipment as they were an allied guerilla force supported by the CIA. I guess they don't need matchlocks now!

Originally Posted by gundoc

Matchlock of the type made by the hill tribes, used with shot for birds and monkeys. Since the war they were left with a lot of US equipment as they were an allied guerilla force supported by the CIA. I guess they don't need matchlocks now!

I was in Laos in the mid 1990's, care of the Queen. Lots of hill tribes hunted with home made caplocks. I watched a monkey get taken out with a load of road gravel thrown out of 6 foot of three quarter inch water pipe powered with home made black powder. They reused the caps time and again, just loading them with the scrappings of kids toy gun caps.