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Originally Posted by Valjhun
The ball pommel is somehow typical for the Caucasus region, but the decoration seems to me more ottoman-balkan.
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For Oliver it's a Ottoman Syrian pistol.
For me it's Ottoman Turkish, it's the reason why this pistol looks like Caucasus/Balkans...
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Originally Posted by Valjhun
Is it more likely that scandella produced locks fo export or that it was remounted from an older gun?
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One or both
They call these pistols Ball Butts
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=ball+butt