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  1. cyten

    Greek Flintlock "Kariophili" dated 1846

    Not to be confused with the Jezail from Afghanistan, this is a Kariophili from Greece. These were used extensively during the Greek War of Independence in 1821 all the way up until the early 20th century. They are always covered in brass or iron and with a downturned butt. This example has a...
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    Combo hand gonne matchlock & boarding axe

    Being an axe, you only have to shoot it once... before just using the other end
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Very likely! After having them made by S&W themselves and a contract with Loewe in Germany, Tula did start producing the №3 Russian model themselves. Some smalltime gunsmiths did make their own copies from scratch, usually single shot break action look alikes but I have seen some actual...
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Well I literally was just sent this video from a Caucasian Arms facebook group! I know of 2 masters still building Caucasian guns and here is a third! I have plans to goto Tbilisi in a couple weeks for a punk show, now I have another person to try to track down and meet! Some of his other works:
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    In Armenia, there really isn't a market for old guns. Everyone is buying any AK they can get their hands on in preparation for looming threat from Azerbaijan. I'm not in the right circles in Russia for those kinds of things now since they had gun law reforms. It is now illegal for anyone other...
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    I also wonder about who buys them, haven't met any collectors stateside who have them, aside from you, Rick. But they go for OBSCENE prices in Russia. The pistol, for example, from the first page on this thread was selling for 320,000 rubles, which back then would've been just over $5,000! And...
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Back in Armenia now, and after apartment hunting and dealing with our new place flooding on our first night, managed to grab some tasty lahmajo and visit the Yerevan History Museum (not to be confused with the Museum of History) to see this small display. One of the Khirimi is a percussion...
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    Matchlock x accuracy

    Just got back to the Caucasus for a bit, but you know how it is, itchy feet wont let me stay still!
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    Matchlock x accuracy

    No idea, I found it on discussion on a South African forum about blackpowder shooting and thought it fit with the question here
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    Matchlock x accuracy

    Is this good? Offhand 50 meters. Not by me
  11. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    Very brief visit to Bulgaria on a layover. A couple of lovely new builds by another Bulgarian builder
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    First build, something a little different…

    Barrel and lock inletted
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    First build, something a little different…

    Don’t make me prove it! 😝
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    Ottoman Guns

    Very cool piece! It seems to me the barrels without the tombstone shaped peep sights seem to appear outside of Turkey, in my experience. Just speculation, but it appears the traditional barrel mounted sights were favored by Ottomans outside of Turkey proper, no concrete evidence, just things...
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    First build, something a little different…

    I’ve got an 18th century Turkish barrel, an 18th century Turkish Miquelet lock, some walnut courtesy of our dear @Rudyard , and an original to follow I’ve done some light gunsmithing in the past but never attempted a full build. The barrel inletting is very daunting and I’ve already made some...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Thanks Rick! Only back in town for a month to take care of some things. I have shot the Shishane once before and i’d like to get the Kariophili shooting as well. It has some damage to crown that needs addressing before that can happen, as well as a mainspring. I think all that may have to be...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Finally back in the USA for a visit. In the process of getting things out of storage, took a quick photo. The Kariophili has turned out pretty nice with some cleaning of the brass, the barrel still needs some work and the lock is missing it’s mainspring. The palaska and grease box are recent...
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    Landsknecht Arquebus and Petronel

    Congrats! Can’t wait to see how the petronel is shouldered
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    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Had a chance to visit the Tula Arms Museum the other day. Tula is the oldest weapons factory in Russia. Here are some of the Caucasian arms that were on display. Model 1832 Cossack rifles, flint and percussion conversion Model 1860 Cossack rifles
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    Russian Colt Navy

    Made in Russia, as I mentioned you can tell by the screws going in from the right rather than the left. The late Joe Leiper had a site dedicated to Russian handguns and quite a bit of information on the Colt copies but I cannot find it anymore
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