Ottoman or Caucasian pistol for comment

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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.

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...

Originally Posted by Valjhun

Is it more likely that scandella produced locks fo export or that it was remounted from an older gun?

One or both

They call these pistols Ball Butts

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=ball+butt