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Originally Posted by Kubur
Here are two pistols which I can easily associate with the Balkans.
The second one is Greek.
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Kuber, you may be right, but the owner (Met Museum) describes it thus>
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Flintlock Pistol
Date: 18th century
Culture: Balkan, lock and barrel European (probably French)
Medium: Steel, silver, gold
Dimensions: L. 20 1/2 in. (57.1 cm); L. of barrel 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); L. of lock 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); Cal. .65 in. (16.5 mm); Wt. 2 lbs 12 oz. (1304.1 g)
Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1958
Accession Number: 58.56
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but they have been wrong before or maybe they just lump all nearby countries together as "Balkan".