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  1. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    I wanted to point out an interesting pattern I've seen a few times over the years. There is this diamond/checkerboard pattern inlaid stocks of which I'm unsure of the origin. They look similar to the Dzeferdars of Bosnia & Montenegro but I have only seen them with bone/ivory and not mother of...
  2. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    It is strange the stock form was so popular, I've asked collectors in the region and none of them had any theories of why. Here is another period photo of one but with a flintlock, carried by an Armenian Slick looking bag, need a Chokha coat as well to hold the Gaziri. Of the three powder...
  3. cyten

    I wish I knew

    As Sam said, top is a Moukhala from Morocco using a Snaphaunce lock and bottom is a Kabyle from Algeria using a Miquelet lock in the style of the Catalan "Agujeta". Should check the underside of the lock on the Kabyle, sometimes they are dated (in Arabic)
  4. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Beautiful example of a cartridge case from around the 1820's. The most common way of carrying these cartridges or "Gaziri" was on pockets sewed onto the coat or "Chokha/Cherkesska" however, not all tribes in the Caucasus wore them. Azerbaijani outfit with a similar case from 1860's Drawing of...
  5. cyten

    Top touchhole

    he's done that in multiple threads here
  6. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Here is a Tromblon blunderbuss with a nearly identical design And a period photo of a man carrying one
  7. cyten

    Escopetas again

    I see where the Circassians got their inspiration for their locks now!
  8. cyten

    Tusco-Emilian Matchlock build

    What article?
  9. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    Came across an auction with Portuguese gun (the lock is, at least) with an Ottoman barrel very interesting to see it stocked in a military carbine pattern rather than a fancy sporting gun
  10. cyten

    Escopetas again

    There is also this company that offers them Pirate Fashions
  11. cyten

    And my new Italian miquelet carbine

    I don’t know how I missed this when you posted it, it’s a gorgeous example
  12. cyten

    Escopetas again

    Osvaldo Gatto in Argentina makes Spanish Miquelet locks and entire gun builds, try contacting him. I dont see them listed on his site, but he shows them on his instagram
  13. cyten

    Night time muzzleblast

    4th of July blank firing 1851 Navy Zouave
  14. cyten

    Tusco-Emilian Matchlock build

    Thought for sure I had seen this posted here before, but I cannot find it. A very nice build by a Ukrainian builder
  15. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    I found a better photo to see the differences in the models Infantry Dragoon Cossack Carbine Here's a technical drawing of the Model 1860, essentially the Model 1844 but rifled and with a rear sight. This was the first military issued cossack model with ball trigger And if i'm not mistaken...
  16. cyten

    Pre Flintlock Books

    Ottoman/Balkan Miquelets and Matchlocks
  17. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Unfortunately, I have no info as nor did the seller. Anything is possible in the imagination. On which model in particular? There is scarce information in English but I have some access to Russian literature. The Berdan has a much slimmer stock, shorter barrel, three thin barrel bands, button...
  18. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    A Boyliya with it’s original sling
  19. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    A couple of interesting, unusual pistols. First is what seems to be a wheel lock converted to matchlock or even just matchlock done to resemble a wheel lock. Next is a side hammer or “mule ear”
  20. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    A point of interest, I’ve done some digging and found some information on the original prices for these guns in the Caucasus in the 18th century. According to one document, a gun made in Istanbul cost 6 Tumani which was equal to the price of 6 oxen. Looking at a county probate file in the US...
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