Hello All
Herre is a Link on the Forum where I originally posted this gun - 4 years ago ! LOL If you view the earlies photos you will see disastrous condition this gun was in when I first acquired it (for next to nothing)
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20353
At that time I had restoration work done including: New smooth bore steel barrel liner installed, lock cleaned, re-worked and tuned, brass overlay around the barrel tang replaced. So far, so good.
But the stock had a large crack in the wrist area. Also, this is one of those Ottoman long guns that show up with a very short length butt stock that you occassionally see. And this one had a brass butt plate on the end. But I was convinced that this stock originally had a longer section of butt stock as most others.
So, I acquired a a large piece of European walnut and sent this and the stock to fellow Forum member Philip Tom for repair and restoration. There is a sliver of wood missing from the right side of the forearm. But nothing we can do about that. The barrel is not original to the stock and was likely a Balkan period replacement. A couple of period repairs remain. The butt stock addition was correctly shaped and refinished with an antique look to match. You can't even tell where the large wrist crack was. LOL
The gun now looks 1,000% better. And is now - finally - finished and ready for test firing. Maybe Philip can chime in on this Thread with some comments. I'm sure this was a challenging project for the stock. Needless to say, I'm super happy with the outcome. (Thank You Philip!!)
Meantime, here are a bunch of pics of the finished shooter:
Rick