Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

[Rudyard]

Thats unfortunate but not surprising

Dear Tobjohn ,Well if you order a smooth bore gun you can get a rifled barrel same dimensions and add it once it reaches the US or our Mr Hoyt can rifle it to suit you ..might I suggest .
Regards Rudyard

 

[TobJohn]

Dear Tobjohn ,Well if you order a smooth bore gun you can get a rifled barrel same dimensions and add it once it reaches the US or our Mr Hoyt can rifle it to suit you ..might I suggest .
Regards Rudyard

Very true. I’m still mulling over my future muzzleloader purchases, anyway

 

[Rudyard]

Very true. I’m still mulling over my future muzzleloader purchases, anyway

A gentleman needs his battery . I cant move for them.& Ime only a Rascal.
Cheers Rudyard

 

[cyten]

My last work Circassian Miquelet
Total length 49 cm (Barrel length 37 cm)
11 mm caliber (i think it's 0.43 cal)

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For video:

Wonderful work Hamit!

 

[peserey]

Wonderful work Hamit!

Thank you

 

[cyten]

A nice Khirimi and Dambacha that truly looks like a baby's gun

Khirimi still in use along side M1870 Berdan №2, a breechloading revolver and an autoloading pistol

A couple Dambacha pistols, one is marked, showing it was made in Tbilisi in 1853

These two were photographed in an old museum catalog that also shows the Harbi/Suma/Duma ramrods that were used with them (seemingly identical to the Ottoman style) as well as powder flasks (similar to the Persian and Indian[?])

 

[bornintheussr]

A nice Khirimi and Dambacha that truly looks like a baby's gun
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Khirimi still in use along side M1870 Berdan №2, a breechloading revolver and an autoloading pistol
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A couple Dambacha pistols, one is marked, showing it was made in Tbilisi in 1853
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These two were photographed in an old museum catalog that also shows the Harbi/Suma/Duma ramrods that were used with them (seemingly identical to the Ottoman style) as well as powder flasks (similar to the Persian and Indian[?])
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Tbilisi or Tiflis?

 

[Sam squanch]

Is the guy lying down a captured criminal or are they just fooling around?!?

 

[cyten]

Tbilisi or Tiflis?

As you know, same place, but it was marked Tifilis, the name used before the 1930's

Is the guy lying down a captured criminal or are they just fooling around?!?

I have no context for the picture, so it's hard to tell

 

[rickystl]

Hi Cyten

As usual, thanks so much for the wonderful photos. What a great Thread this turned out to be. Every time I see those Ottoman style blunderbuss pistols with their miniaturized rifle style stocks, makes me think of how popular these pistols were through out much of the Ottoman Empire. You see them everywhere - museums, collections, and for sale at auctions often. The irony is that the original prototype/style was likely European (early Spanish IMHO). But the style never caught on in Western countries.

Rick

 

[AvtoGaz]

I figured this might be useful to some people here. Here is a chart I made a while ago, I just edited to include a latin transliteration.

Here is the complete arsenal of weapons that was used in the region of Karabakh (And really, the rest of the south-eastern Caucasus) along with their names in Armenian, taken from some old ethnographic studies.

The drawing dates from 1837, while the headstone is from 1841. The drawing is very accurate and detailed, as it matches up pretty well to what we see on the headstone. If you did not know, among the people of the Caucasus it was customary to depict the deceased along with their weapons or other relevant accessories on headstones (for example, if they were a blacksmith a hammer would be depicted).

Edit: Minor typo, "Ghabba" should read "Gabba".

 

[Rudyard]

Don't understand much of it but' Like 'anyway. Here is a newly knocked up carbine noddingley' Kurdish Persian' purely to use the drum with the' bar' style conversion most of the Ex Major Corry haul seemed to have if seldom found The stocks just rude & the mounts are crude. The lock is ex Cawnpore local trade shown shiney but will harden soon .
Cheers Rudyard