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I have seen this rifle in person at one of the shows.I do not remember what year. The barrell showed no pattern as I recall and there was a lot of recent restoration. the shell circles are new replacements. There should be the little brass and seal wax radiation signs instead. If I recall correctly there was some wod putty work on this also. It is not a bad piece just needs a lot of work
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I picked it up over the internet. Probably a mistake. I was hoping I was getting some great deal. You really have to handle pieces to get an idea. My bad. I got the book on firearms and saw mother of pearl used in this area. Thought it could be correct. Most of the mother of pearl have the little brass and wax piece in the center. I also took the dealers word that nothing was missing. Not sure what you mean by work? Is there someone that restores these, and does it add value? Thank you very much Ward.
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Lovely gun NW.
I've always wanted one of those! I've had flintlocks, matchlocks, PCs and even a wheel-lock european pistol, but never a miquelet. Whats the muzzle like? |
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Hello from France
seems I have the same sardinian miquelet gun than your's .It will be nice if you could more pics from yours. Do you have the ramod ? Do you know how old are those sardinain gun Best regards Cerjak |
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The Omani weapon is known in Oman as "father of the match." Abu Futtila. The other term is Roumi meaning "long leaf" or "spear." Often wolf skin was wrapped around the cannon section where you rest your cheek on firing . Woolf skin was used to protect the wearer from evil spirits and or as strong talismanic majic. They are very rare now especially with the brass fire spoon and with original brass charge holders and belts. There are 3 types of gunpowder flask in either Gazelle horn, wood or Omani silver( Talahiiq). The Omanis made their own ammo and gunpowder .. The later from an odd looking plant called Sodoms apple which is a poisonous green leafed prolific monster with purple flowers growing wild here and mixed with locally mined sulphur etc. People clearly experimented with modern powders in the 20th C as I have several cannon ends only since modern gunpowder blows the first barrel weld and must have been hugely dangerous. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 14th January 2012 at 07:28 PM. |
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I got nothing to add here except for the correct meaning of "Abu Fatilla"
In a literal translation, Abu Fatilla indeed would mean "father of the match" but "abu" is used here to denote "the one with the match" |
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Salam,
Abu does indeed mean "father of" but in particular contexts it can change to "one with" this linguistic feature exists in both classical fus'ha and various arabic accents. But more obvious in the accents ofcourse. |
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