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ArtyGunner

ArtyGunner

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      ArtyGunner reacted to Rudyard's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      I have a rifle that has the facility of elivateing to some 1&1 half inch from the rear sight base it being dove tail part way up the...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      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...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Very excited to have picked this lock and barrel up at auction! Lock is in much better shape than the barrel, but I’ll be in the states...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      I just lost an auction for a Makedonka, so I thought I’d post a little bit of info on them, lol. Here are a couple pages from the...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to bobi13's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      More images
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      ArtyGunner reacted to bobi13's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Here is a Gabrovo shishane that I had the honor of restoring.
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      I agree but to address the decoration of "military" arms as well, it is mentioned in Luigi Marsigli's "L'Etat Militaire de l'empire...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Interestingly, I have just been reading an article concerning the hiring of European armory masters in the Ottoman empire. In as early...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to rickystl's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Rudyard makes some good points here. The Ottoman area made barrels may or may not have a slight swell at the muzzle, especially the...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Interesting! I just noticed it was always in the same place on the Ottoman locks. Some more examples in Elgoods book on Balkan arms. And...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to TobJohn's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      those swirls were very common on Italian and German wheellocks from the period. Locks from around 1580-1600
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Another plain jane next to a Persian rifle. I also wanted to point out something of interest, perhaps only to myself. We know that...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to rickystl's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Here you go. This is closer to a plain, munitions grade Tufuk. Simple horn nose cap and trigger plate. Simple, flat brass decoration...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Here's mine Have to agree with Rick, the nicest examples tend to last the longest. The plain ones usually saw hard use and show up in...
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      ArtyGunner reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      Rick, it seems you are correct! I hadn't noticed but went back and found more photos of the rifle and here is the butt. I've also got...
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