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I picked this up this weekend and am wondering how old it might be.

Thanks, T4

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Tips were used back to the sixteenth century, but fell out of style for a long time. Then reemergence in the nineteenth.
Flat horns likewise are old as shooting.
Looking at how tight the fit is I’m betting nineteenth century and would lean to mid to late.
North Africa was famous for such products well up to the Second World War
Maybe check the screws and threads. If they are a regular size that leans to post machine made screws after mid nineteenth
One of a kind size would denote earlier(?)
 
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