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    Ottoman Guns

    Well....I meant to leave his name out of it, but it is my fault for forgetting the file name had his name. The Algerian lock gun is fantastic. Also, how do you use the word şeşhane/şişhane? From my understanding from Ottoman sources, it is only used to refer to rifled guns (sometimes written as...
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    Ottoman Guns

    The detail I remember most was how front heavy the gun was. It felt more conventional than expected while shouldering it, but without a rest it was a bit cumbersome.
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    Ottoman Guns

    Here is a nice Čibuklija I held a couple months ago from a private collection. Sorry I don's have better photos. It is a 17th century example. Very Italianate features with an Ottoman barrel.
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    Ottoman Guns

    Some of this is only partially true. The Ottomans have fantastic records, much of them are just not yet published very well, or in languages besides Turkish. The Prime Minister's Archives/Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivleri (BOA) have a lot of detailed information of the couple attempts at building...
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    European Muskets in Ottoman Service (both imported and manufactured)

    There are very few Ottoman 1777s and other Euro import military flintlocks that I have been able to find. There is the below example from the Army Museum in Istanbul which looks like one from another forum. The info on the plaque claims it is "Istanbul armory production", but it does not clarify...
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    Ottoman Guns

    I am making this thread aware of one I created in the Smoothbore section. I didn't ask my question here because I didn't think it would be completely on topic, but I thought some of you may know something...
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    European Muskets in Ottoman Service (both imported and manufactured)

    Thanks for the information. I was initially skeptical of the idea, but it makes sense for a military that was perpetually strapped for cash to do something like this. Ironically, Samuel Colt was apparently in the neighborhood peddling surplus M1842 muskets from the close of the Mexican American...
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    European Muskets in Ottoman Service (both imported and manufactured)

    I am doing research on imports of guns to the Ottoman Empire from Europe and the U.S. 1789-1867. There is a dearth of sources, and very little surviving examples. There are a few guns floating around on a couple forums and auction houses (mostly 1777 pattern copies) with Ottoman Tughras on them...
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