Albanian Long Musket, mystery inscription

thdrivas · 12th February 2014, 03:47 AM

Hello Everybody,

I recently aquired this tanaka style albanian long gun and I would like to ask some questions about it -- it has some interesting features. First, there is the gun makes mark, can anyone recognize it? Where exactly is it from? What time period? There is also an inscription on the top of the barrel near the lock mechanism that appears to be written in the Cyrillic text but is not any language I can understand. I do not think it is serb, though the first word resembles "sivo" or silverish grey in slavic. I think it also could be from Sivota near Ioannina in Epiros, Greece. Can anyone help - what does it mean?

12th February 2014, 03:47 AM	#1
thdrivas Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 4	Albanian Long Musket, mystery inscription Hello Everybody, I recently aquired this tanaka style albanian long gun and I would like to ask some questions about it -- it has some interesting features. First, there is the gun makes mark, can anyone recognize it? Where exactly is it from? What time period? There is also an inscription on the top of the barrel near the lock mechanism that appears to be written in the Cyrillic text but is not any language I can understand. I do not think it is serb, though the first word resembles "sivo" or silverish grey in slavic. I think it also could be from Sivota near Ioannina in Epiros, Greece. Can anyone help - what does it mean? Attached Images