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The lock internals are totally wrong for an original flintlock. Repeat- this was an item that was made recently in a middle eastern country for sale to tourists . Sorry you are not hearing what you want to hear….. it’s not worth much.
 
The lock internals are totally wrong for an original flintlock. Repeat- this was an item that was made recently in a middle eastern country for sale to tourists . Sorry you are not hearing what you want to hear….. it’s not worth much.
I looked up some english flibt lock shotguns and looks very similar
 
Wouldnt a tourist trade have a marking on it somewhere tho
A tourist trade item would be the LEAST likely to have markings.
I have examined some of these guns fairly closely over the years. Some of them were made by people with real talent, but were apparently limited by their primitive metallurgy, tooling and methodology most of the time.
Different mentality than European or American artisans when it comes to mechanical things which persists to this day, with the possible exception of the Persians ( modern day Iranians ) which are a step above typical Middle Eastern cultures in this context.
 

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