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Old 6th October 2015, 09:14 AM   #4
Kubur
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Hi my friend,

Very nice pistol.
What I can say is that the stock and lock are French.
The barrel is decorated in the style of Tunis (including the inscriptions).
The butt is decorated with bone inlays also in the Tunisian style (stars).
Only the nails look like Moroccan decoration.
Conclusion, for me it's a so-called Mediterranean eastern flintlock.
Some people mix them with pistols from the Balkans and it's true that they share the same kind of lock and / or stock. Despite that people from the Balkans preferred to import Italian locks and barrels...
For your pistol I'm pretty sure that it's a Tunisian /Ottoman pistol.
But we have to wait for Rick's comments.
By the way, I got the same problems, but only for 3 weeks in Europe...

Bets wishes,
Kubur
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