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Your input is much appreciated, Rick. If only I knew where to find cheaper examples... That gun has been an enigma for me since I first saw it (I think Rudyard posted it here in the forum before, in a thread regarding Tipu Sultan). Well, before the Ferguson was the La Chaumette, which was, as...

I see some around, but the examples I see are all fairly dated. From all the Italian cap and ball replicas I see in various states of powder fouling I see in antique shops, I garner that there must be some cap shooters somewhere; but where they are, I don't know.

Found a beauty in a local auction (images below). Currently going for approximately 1600 dollars, plus %20 buyers' premium. Seems like it's in surprisingly good condition for what's usually found in Istanbul (After seeing things like Belgian back action percussion locks on Turkish muskets, one...

Flaying the entire body or the head and filling the skin with straw was a punishment not unheard of in the Middle East. I managed to trace reports about the punishment all the way back to the 16th century, although keeping in mind cases such as Mansur al-Hallaj's, you can easily say that it was...

Probably the latter. I've read more than one Ottoman report of armoury officials complaining about musketmen (not all Ottoman musketmen were Janissaries, mind you, and even if so, by the time firearms became commonplace in the hands of Ottoman soldiers, the Janissaries were no longer the elite...

Speaking of Zeytun, here's what I found in the Feriköy Flea Market today: A Zeytuni. It was a svelte piece, with a very thin stock, but given its condition and cost, I decided to pass (I was also told that reproductions are common, another reason not to risk things). After Feriköy, a trip to...

Yup, it's the man's name.

There was a Zeytun in Southeastern Turkey, apparently, in what is now Kahramanmaraş. Today it's called Süleymanlı. As far as I know the Zeytuni rifles were originally built there. Then again, I rely solely on oral history here regarding the rifles, and I've heard many a tall tale first hand...

Much thanks! I'll get in contact with him and see if he can have something salvaged from all the tidbits that I end up seeing (and not buying, most of the time). Regarding this sort of firearm, the collector/seller/antiquarian circles here in Turkey tend to call this the Zeytuni (i.e. of...

For smoothbores. Rifled firearms are kind of a tougher cookie, even if they are black powder only and/or muzzleloading.

Hello from the city of world's desire, so they apparently used to say. My interest in this hobby has been growing since my e-introduction about four years ago. Turkey's not exactly condusive to this sort of interest, but for someone interested in eastern miquelet lock firearms, it can provide...

Hello, Would it be possible for you to share this man's contact information? I occasionally stumble upon tufeks in rough condition but without any smith I can trust it feels like they'd be a rather weak investment. Unfortunately none of the antique dealers I know know of any smiths.

Hello, There is a side-by-side miquelet fowler in the Hermitage Museum that was made in Dagestan. Obviously it's quite a distance away but I thought perhaps you would be interested.