New Tanchika for comment

rickystl · 9th April 2017, 04:53 PM

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

kahnjar1 · 9th April 2017, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rickystl

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

Missed adding these 3 pics. Now done and showing relief work on breech and also view of underside decoration.
Stu

rickystl · 10th April 2017, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Missed adding these 3 pics. Now done and showing relief work on breech and also view of underside decoration.
Stu

Hi Stu.

Did you forget to post the pics ?

Rick

rickystl · 10th April 2017, 12:31 AM

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.

Rick

TVV · 10th April 2017, 07:35 AM

Nice gun, congratulations. Arnautka simply means Albanian in pretty much all the Slavic Balkan languages.

Teodor

kahnjar1 · 10th April 2017, 07:40 AM

Hi Teodor,
Thank you for that. I must admit I was a bit confused regarding the term, as I had always known this style of gun as Tanchika.
Hope all is well with you.
Stu

motan · 10th April 2017, 08:24 AM

Hi Stuart,
Don't know much about these muskets, but a quick search shows that these names may be interchangeable. Both are used for long muskets from Ottoman Balkans, mainly from Albania, but also from Romania, Kosovo etc. and have this specific shape of the stock, though some are mildly bent and others, like yours have an extreme bend and angle. They have been discussed previously on this forum (for example http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20426). What intregues me is if you can still see through the sights when you put it to your shoulder and if not, how are you supposed to shoot with it.
Anyway, it looks like rather old example (around 1800?).

rickystl · 10th April 2017, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TVV

Nice gun, congratulations. Arnautka simply means Albanian in pretty much all the Slavic Balkan languages.

Teodor

Yes, thanks Teodor for the explanation.

Rick

9th April 2017, 04:53 PM	#1
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,630	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

10th April 2017, 12:31 AM	#4
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,630	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. Rick

10th April 2017, 07:35 AM	#5
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,660	Nice gun, congratulations. Arnautka simply means Albanian in pretty much all the Slavic Balkan languages. Teodor

10th April 2017, 07:40 AM	#6
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,786	Hi Teodor, Thank you for that. I must admit I was a bit confused regarding the term, as I had always known this style of gun as Tanchika. Hope all is well with you. Stu

10th April 2017, 08:24 AM	#7
motan Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Jerusalem Posts: 274	Hi Stuart, Don't know much about these muskets, but a quick search shows that these names may be interchangeable. Both are used for long muskets from Ottoman Balkans, mainly from Albania, but also from Romania, Kosovo etc. and have this specific shape of the stock, though some are mildly bent and others, like yours have an extreme bend and angle. They have been discussed previously on this forum (for example http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20426). What intregues me is if you can still see through the sights when you put it to your shoulder and if not, how are you supposed to shoot with it. Anyway, it looks like rather old example (around 1800?).