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      Barud reacted to rickystl's post in the thread Miquelet article, 1985 Gun Digest No. 39 with Like Like.
      Thanks Bill. These old articles are hard to come by. I printed out each page and will read later. Thanks again. Interesting that the...
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      Hello Rick, I don't suppose you have a photo of said gun? A miquelet lock shaped like that would be quite the sight to see.
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      Barud 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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      Barud replied to the thread Ottoman Guns.
      In Turkish we have a saying, "He who's accustomed is worse than he who's frenzied". Old habits die hard and all that. Wonderful...
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      Barud replied to the thread Traditional M/L Guns from India.
      I've seen a couple, besides rickystl's dual ignition one. This one in the Royal Armouries is the closest one that came to mind, but you...
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      Barud replied to the thread Ottoman Guns.
      Something odd that I stumbled upon in Wikipedia; Martini-action rifles made to handle like traditional Ottoman/Caucasian muzzleloaders...
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      An object in the Royal Armouries has had my interest for quite some time now, but the thought of making a thread about it here in the...
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      Barud reacted to cyten's post in the thread Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks with Like Like.
      A beautiful Dagestani pistol that came up for auction. What really caught my eye about this piece was the date. It is marked "Owner...
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      Barud replied to the thread Ottoman Guns.
      @cyten providing us with invaluable data, as always. Honestly I've never been much of a numbers man, and Ottoman economics, what with...
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      Barud reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      I found some information regarding the prices these guns would have cost. In 1859 it was noted in the French Geographical Society that...
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      Best I can do fellas, and sorry about the pages being out of order.
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      Barud replied to the thread Ottoman Guns.
      One should not forget that the Janissaries of that era could hardly be called "military" in the modern sense of the word, or even the...
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      Barud replied to the thread Ottoman Guns.
      Robert Elgood has a good explanation for this. The first part is obvious; martial figures such as soldiers or bandits need to be on the...
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      Barud reacted to cyten's post in the thread Ottoman Guns with Like Like.
      I wanted to point out an interesting pattern I've seen a few times over the years. There is this diamond/checkerboard pattern inlaid...
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