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Old 2nd February 2015, 03:11 PM   #10
Cerjak
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Originally Posted by estcrh
Cerjak, how do your pistols differ from typical non-Balkan Ottoman pistols? From what I have seen Ottoman and Balkan pistols generally have a false ramrod, is there some sort of noticable difference in that aspect. Is there anything else that would be noticeably different between the two types that you can point out.

Here are two pistols which I can easily associate with the Balkans.
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Most of the pistol said to be from the Balkan ( Greece Albania) I have seen was with a partial or full stock encased in metal plates and also some time a part of barrel . One perfect example is the traditional Albanian pistol , known as 'rat tail'. At last It seems for me that the miquelet lock is more common for pistols from ( Greece Albania) .
I hope that you could understand me as my English is not so good.

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