I wonder if the silver inlay could be executed after the pistol was already mounted. Then it would be rational to assume that the pistol was mounted in the late XIX century, as you estimated, with a period stock and an older lock and barrel set ... but not necessarily old as dated in the inscription. As you previously introduced, the local illiterate craftsman might have copied the whole text from an older finer example.
If any further coments on the text translation, just please tell.
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And apologies to the Forum Staff, if i went too far with this type of topic.
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