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25th August 2018, 09:05 PM
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25th August 2018, 09:06 PM
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25th August 2018, 10:32 PM
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A really lovely gun Rick. As you state, Tirri places this style as Rumelian which in todays language, is the region covered by northern Greece, Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria. You did well!! I wonder if the "blued" effect is tarnish on the silver? Have you tried silver cleaner on a small area?
I have nothing to add to my comments except to say that I think you have a piece in exceptional order for age. Stu |
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26th August 2018, 08:14 AM
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Hi Rick,
Very nice gun. I have seen some of them, but yours is perfect. Don't remove the blue in fact it's black niello work, normaly seen on Caucasian guns... Best, Kubur |
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26th August 2018, 11:30 AM
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Hi Rick
This is a interesting gun and I love the work on the butt,Great find and the first of this type I have seen very unusual BRAVO cheers Rajesh |
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26th August 2018, 03:21 PM
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Thanks for your comments. As mentioned above, Kubur says he has seen a couple. But this is the first one I've seen outside of Tirri's book. Even though the barrel has a heavier breech area, the gun is very light. Only about 6-lbs. And it's very comfortable on the shoulder, even with the narrow butt end. It's an interesting gun with a mix of different Balkan styles. Glad I was able to obtain it. Rick |
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26th August 2018, 03:09 PM
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YES!!! That's where I've seen this before. On Caucasian guns. A few years ago I was at the Baltimore Show and saw a ball-butt Caucasian pistol with barrel bands that had the same treatment. And another Caucasian rifle at an auction with similar treatment. It seems to be what we call a white metal. More tin content than silver. Which, would be more suitable for this type of blue/black treatment. NO !! I won't remove it. It's very attractive and historically correct. OK. Black niello. Thanks. While studying this, there was something familiar in the back of my mind, but couldn't pull it out LOL. Thanks again. Rick |
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26th August 2018, 02:47 PM
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Thanks for your comments. Yes, I tried a dab of polishing paste and a tiny bit of silver cleaner on a corner of the butt cap surround. Didn't do anything except remove a bit of hidden dirt. So it's not tarnish, per say. But there is evidence that all the metal hardware originally had this treatment when first built. If you notice the barrel bands while covered with this blue/black treatment, the engraving shows through. Very neat effect. Rick |
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