Woo hoo! Bought this year's ago for cheap, really cheap ... taking the chance that it might be able to be made into something someday, but also learning from RickyStL that it was likely built as a Victorian copy. It was "the thing" in those days to decorate your house or castle with arms that looked real and may have been 75% or better 'real' parts, but mostly had tubes for barrels or locks that were non-functioning replicas.
This Balkan matchlock is adorned with scrimmed horn inlays. Mr. Hoyt is going to replace the OD and profile of the barrel, but leave enough 'meat' on the end for me to fashion a fluted cannon muzzle, aka Pukka's excellent Tusco-Emelian matchlock.
Balkan matchlock (I will build a new lock assembly)
Pukka's build
This Balkan matchlock is adorned with scrimmed horn inlays. Mr. Hoyt is going to replace the OD and profile of the barrel, but leave enough 'meat' on the end for me to fashion a fluted cannon muzzle, aka Pukka's excellent Tusco-Emelian matchlock.
Balkan matchlock (I will build a new lock assembly)
Pukka's build