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  1. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    Thanks Rick! Only back in town for a month to take care of some things. I have shot the Shishane once before and i’d like to get the Kariophili shooting as well. It has some damage to crown that needs addressing before that can happen, as well as a mainspring. I think all that may have to be...
  2. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    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 out pretty nice with some cleaning of the brass, the barrel still needs some work and the lock is missing it’s mainspring. The palaska and grease box are recent...
  3. cyten

    Landsknecht Arquebus and Petronel

    Congrats! Can’t wait to see how the petronel is shouldered
  4. cyten

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Had a chance to visit the Tula Arms Museum the other day. Tula is the oldest weapons factory in Russia. Here are some of the Caucasian arms that were on display. Model 1832 Cossack rifles, flint and percussion conversion Model 1860 Cossack rifles
  5. cyten

    Russian Colt Navy

    Made in Russia, as I mentioned you can tell by the screws going in from the right rather than the left. The late Joe Leiper had a site dedicated to Russian handguns and quite a bit of information on the Colt copies but I cannot find it anymore
  6. cyten

    Russian Colt Navy

    And a Russian made carbine
  7. cyten

    Russian Colt Navy

    The first is a pretty easy tell but the second not so much. A good tell tale sign is that the screws come in from the right side of the frame rather than the left. Spotted these at the Tula Arms Museum
  8. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    The lock in my Shishane measures to 3 1/4 so I think it will be ok for a shoulder gun as well. A project that will take some time! As a point of interest, here is a Shishane that belonged to Sultan Ahmed III. He ruled from 1703-1730, so this can be dated to somewhere in that first quarter and...
  9. cyten

    Traditional M/L Guns from Afghanistan

    Here is another Jezail with a very nice barrel in a private collection in Europe Manton lock dated 1800 Barrel text translates to: Lord Barkat Ali Hassan Babar
  10. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    Thank you for your restraint, I’m very pleased with this find. From the pictures of the auction the sight appears to be integral to the barrel rather than the breech plug, but I could be mistaken, I’ve never had one apart.it looks crusty but I’ve seen worlds difference after a round of...
  11. cyten

    Ottoman Guns

    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 in a few weeks and be able to examine/clean the barrel up to see if I can potentially mate the two into something.
  12. cyten

    Traditional M/L Guns from India

    If you skip to 22:07 you can see a nice percussion sindh gun being loaded and fired And here at 2:56 a Torador
  13. cyten

    Jacobs Rifle

    Congratulations on the acquisition! I suppose you e probably seen this already.
  14. cyten

    Muzzleloading Quiz

    I’m not so versed in handgonnes, but this is the only example I’ve seen with both rear and front sights! Ottoman Turkish example And here are a few I found in the museum in Hanoi, Vietnam last week
  15. cyten

    Matchlock identification

    Gentlemen, thank you! I agree, it is most likely Chinese. I had only really seen the pistol grip no buttstock form before
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