Turkish flintlock pistol nicely decorated - Page 2

Kubur · 19th May 2015, 10:13 AM

Hi Rajesh,
Interesting barrel.
The pistol seems to have been used and reused.
They transformed the flintlock into a percussion.
You will have a lot of work to restore the stock, I can see a big crack and a modern screw...
As you said nice woodcarving, as you may know, they (the people from the Balkans) copied the Italian wooden stock.
Best,
Kubur

BANDOOK · 19th May 2015, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Kubur

Hi Rajesh,
Interesting barrel.
The pistol seems to have been used and reused.
They transformed the flintlock into a percussion.
You will have a lot of work to restore the stock, I can see a big crack and a modern screw...
As you said nice woodcarving, as you may know, they (the people from the Balkans) copied the Italian wooden stock.
Best,
Kubur

hi kubur thanks ,I got it cheap so I just picked it up,they have so much character ,no pistol is the same,its not in great condition,but just a filler for my pistol collection,where do you think its from??,cheers mate

rickystl · 25th May 2015, 05:30 PM

Hi Bandook.
That is a really interesting pistol you found. Converted to percussion back in the period. You don't see many of these conversions. Good find!! And your's shows the typical long, hard use many of these pistols endured. The cost and thus limited availability of percussion caps in the Region is likely why we find so few of these guns converted.
Cerjack: That's a nice example you originally posted. Actually, I like the looks of the all iron mountede pistols like your's even more than the brass mounted ones.
Also, great looking pistols all. I came in to this Thread a bit late.
Just by coincidence, I was going to Post two of these pistols this weekend. So I shall do so on a seperate Post since it is picture heavy. Also close up pics of the two variations of the "false" ramrods discussed above.
Rick.

kronckew · 25th May 2015, 06:20 PM

i imagine the inlaid depiction of the prophet's sword zul fiqar on the stock might help pin it down as a 'zulfiqar' pistol

rickystl · 25th May 2015, 07:06 PM

Now THAT is really neat!!!

Thanks for posting. Rick.

BANDOOK · 26th May 2015, 12:27 AM

THANKS RICK FOR THE COMMENTS AND THAT IMAGE OF ZULFILKAR IS AMAZING,SHALL CHECK ON THE OTHER GUN OF MINE,CHEERS

25th May 2015, 06:20 PM	#34
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19th May 2015, 10:13 AM	#31
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Hi Rajesh, Interesting barrel. The pistol seems to have been used and reused. They transformed the flintlock into a percussion. You will have a lot of work to restore the stock, I can see a big crack and a modern screw... As you said nice woodcarving, as you may know, they (the people from the Balkans) copied the Italian wooden stock. Best, Kubur

25th May 2015, 05:30 PM	#33
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,623	Hi Bandook. That is a really interesting pistol you found. Converted to percussion back in the period. You don't see many of these conversions. Good find!! And your's shows the typical long, hard use many of these pistols endured. The cost and thus limited availability of percussion caps in the Region is likely why we find so few of these guns converted. Cerjack: That's a nice example you originally posted. Actually, I like the looks of the all iron mountede pistols like your's even more than the brass mounted ones. Also, great looking pistols all. I came in to this Thread a bit late. Just by coincidence, I was going to Post two of these pistols this weekend. So I shall do so on a seperate Post since it is picture heavy. Also close up pics of the two variations of the "false" ramrods discussed above. Rick.

25th May 2015, 07:06 PM	#35
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,623	Now THAT is really neat!!! Thanks for posting. Rick.

26th May 2015, 12:27 AM	#36
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 624	THANKS RICK FOR THE COMMENTS AND THAT IMAGE OF ZULFILKAR IS AMAZING,SHALL CHECK ON THE OTHER GUN OF MINE,CHEERS