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Not often found for sale in this part of the world, but this one, a "sleeper" I believe, appeared in a local auction recently, and now has joined my collection.
Overall 59" (1.5m) with approx. .50 smoothbore barrel of 47" (1.2m). The great thing about this one is that apart from some of the Mother of Pearl inlays missing (now replaced), nothing else is missing. While we are on this subject, I note that in Elgood's book Arms of Greece, he refers to this style as ARNAUTKA rather than Tanchika. Can someone please clarify. Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 9th April 2017 at 09:12 PM. |
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Hi Stu.
Congratulations!! Nice find. Especially for your neck of the woods. LOL ![]() And, nice job replacing the missing pearl inlays. (I have one I need to replace a couple of the same). Looks to be all complete now. Looks to have some nice relief work on the top of the breech. Maybe you could take a closer pic of that area. Nice addition. Rick |
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Did you forget to post the pics ? Rick |
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Woops.......sorry Stu. Now I see them. Very neat. Sort of unique on this barrel. The rest of the gun looks typical for a Tanchika. Amazing how similar they all are. Thanks for posting. A very nice specimen.
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Nice gun, congratulations. Arnautka simply means Albanian in pretty much all the Slavic Balkan languages.
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