Turkish flintlock pistol nicely decorated

[Cerjak]

The pistol measure 20” overall
French style lock plate with some engraving, The wooden stock is carved and We can see a saber motif, the butt –piece is made from silver.Also it has ramrod- pipes with a false wooden ramrod
It is always difficult to estimate the age for those pistols my guess is that it should be from the middle of the 19TH century .
Any comment on it will be welcome.
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Cerjak

[Cerjak]

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[Kubur]

Nice Ottoman pistol from the Balkans!
With a classical Zulfikar pattern

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Kubur

Nice Ottoman pistol from the Balkans!
With a classical Zulfikar pattern

What elements identiry this as being from the Balkans?

[Cerjak]

Originally Posted by estcrh

What elements identiry this as being from the Balkans?

Hi ESTCRH

The way that the stock is carved , and the false wooden ramrod and also the barrel is typical for Balkan pistol ,see the pictures from a second pistol from my collection.
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CERJAK

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Cerjak

Hi ESTCRH

The way that the stock is carved , and the false wooden ramrod and also the barrel is typical for Balkan pistol ,see the pictures from a second pistol from my collection.
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CERJAK

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.