Tufek/Tufenk/Shishane Identification

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Originally Posted by rickystl

Hi Cyten
Likely made at one of the many gun making centers in the Balkans.
Rick

Ah Rick, I had a long discussion about yataghans made in the Balkans or in Turkey. And I will say the same. Not all the firearms were made in the Balkans. Especially because the firearms from the Balkans are very distinctive. The trap is that so many Ottoman weapons were made in the Balkans and so many weapons from the Balkans were posted on this forum that you might be tempted to attribute this gun to the Balkans. In fact most of the features of this gun point to Turkey (as you wrote) and none of them point to the Balkans.