Flintlock Pair, Need help Identifying

Pukka Bundook · 7th November 2015, 02:49 AM

I believe these pistols are Turkish/Ottoman, with European locks finished in the near east.

The trigger-guards do not look French to me, and the engraving isn't French either.
For Turkish pistols, these are very high -end. Congratulations on finding them!
Actually, going by the lock -work, they appear English locks....

Edited to correct my English lock bit!
On looking at the lock-work again, I see detachable pans. more or less unheard of in England.

7th November 2015, 02:49 AM	#14
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	I believe these pistols are Turkish/Ottoman, with European locks finished in the near east. The trigger-guards do not look French to me, and the engraving isn't French either. For Turkish pistols, these are very high -end. Congratulations on finding them! Actually, going by the lock -work, they appear English locks.... Edited to correct my English lock bit! On looking at the lock-work again, I see detachable pans. more or less unheard of in England.