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Originally Posted by Pukka Bundook
Eric,
Yes, this is the later "Damascus" style twist.
The earlier types were a stub -iron twist, as shown below;
Richard.
Manouchehr M. has some wonderful photos of Persian arms in his book when published, and some very nice photos in his series on Persian arms in Classic Arms Magazine.
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Richard, here or some detailed examples from the images I posted of Ottoman matchlocks that seem to be of this type or am I wrong.