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Sylektis 6th October 2009 01:11 AM

My new pistol and a ramrod.
 
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Here are some pictures of my new pistol and a ramrod.
Comments please.

Atlantia 6th October 2009 01:54 AM

WOW!
Indian with British influence? or is it a European gun in a party dress? Its lovely, a concealed spike dagger in the ramrod! Very cute idea.
Can you tell us about the 'golden' accents? are they brass, gilded? They look almost like ormalu bronze in the pictures.
Is that an inscription on the barrel mount?

kahnjar1 6th October 2009 03:32 AM

VERY NICE!!
 
You do not say if you need ID on this but my pick would be Ottoman.
The ramrod is called a SUMA and is carried on the belt.
Regards Stuart

libra 6th October 2009 08:14 AM

An excellent Greek pistol :)
silver gilted with nielo
Can you tell as the measurement of it, is 36 cm or 50 cm
The ramrod I belive is also Greek I have one like yours.
The Greek name of it is harbi

libra 6th October 2009 08:22 AM

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some photos of my souma ramrod

TVV 6th October 2009 06:12 PM

There is no doubt about the origin and I agree with libra - most definitely Greek. This is probably the nicest Greek pistol, if not the nicest pistol as a whole that we have seen posted for discussion in the forum. It is just superb, congratulations!
In Turkish, Greek and Bulgarian the ramrod is called "harbi", which I am assuming is a Turkish word.

Regards,
Teodor

Atlantia 6th October 2009 09:14 PM

Ahh, so a European one in a party dress then! ;)
It is very lovely.
No makers marks?

libra 7th October 2009 07:52 AM

The barrels on those pistols they are often European :)
I believe and this one is for the line that has on it.

Is a beauty

All the best
Aristeidis

Sylektis 18th October 2009 07:02 PM

Thank you for your comments.
Yes, it is a greek silver gilted with niello pistol, 49cm,
first quarter of 19th century.
There's no mark on barrel or flintlock mechanism.
The front part of silver on the barrel probably is not the
authentic but fit perfect.
I will post if i find something interesting about it.

Sylektis 18th November 2009 08:22 PM

Similar Pistols
 
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After a little research in Greek Museums I found some pistols that could be manufactured to the same Epirus (?) Workshop.
What do you think?


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