Albanian Tanchika Long Gun

BANDOOK · 11th May 2016, 10:41 AM

HI RICK,LOVELY AND SIMPLE TANCHIKA,ALSO LIKE THE ALBANIAN MARKINGS ,WONDER IF ITS THE MAKERS OR THE OWNERS NAME IN NATIVE SCRIPT
THESE GUNS ARE ON MY WANT LIST,BUT ITS GETTING EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO GET ONE INTO NEW ZEALAND FROM EUROPE AND IF POSSIBLE,THEN ITS COST YOU A ARM AND A LEG
MANY THANKS FOR POSTING,GOOD BUYING AND AM SURE YOU WONT SLEEP TILL YOU COMPLETELY RESTORE IT TO FIRING CONDITION,CHEERS
REGARDS RAJESH

Kubur · 11th May 2016, 02:27 PM

Ah Rick Rick you can't stop do you?

I was weak too and I have to post few things later...
Rajesh I think the barrel is Italian.
I love your sight one of the best ever seen on this kind of gun.
I like too the lead dots of the butt like the rat tail pistols...

Best,
Kubur

rickystl · 12th May 2016, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kubur

Ah Rick Rick you can't stop do you?

I was weak too and I have to post few things later...
Rajesh I think the barrel is Italian.
I love your sight one of the best ever seen on this kind of gun.
I like too the lead dots of the butt like the rat tail pistols...

Best,
Kubur

Hi Kubur.
Yes, the lead dott decoration is interesting. I'll have to have two pearl inlays made to match the others. Should not be too difficult.

And the weakness continues. I have another Jazail and a Kyber Pass pistol on the way to me. Should receive them tomorrow, Friday. I'll post these also. Whew.......someone please stop me!!!

Rick

Kubur · 20th May 2016, 06:15 PM

For your library...

ariel · 20th May 2016, 06:46 PM

Do you think that the name of the master on the barrel was locally transcribed? There seem to be strange letters and the whole name is not very comprehensible. Local very old fake?
They have done it a lot to inflate the value and to brag between bottles of Ouzo:-))

rickystl · 21st May 2016, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ariel

Do you think that the name of the master on the barrel was locally transcribed? There seem to be strange letters and the whole name is not very comprehensible. Local very old fake?
They have done it a lot to inflate the value and to brag between bottles of Ouzo:-))

Hi Ariel.
At the moment, I think this is just a spurious group of English style letters with a non-existant name to add a perceived value to the gun. Except for one upside down "A", the so called name reads the same wheather read from the left or right side of the gun. And the letters appear to be stamped rather than engraved. Strange. Never seen one marked like this.
Rick.

rickystl · 1st September 2018, 05:21 PM

BUMP !! UPDATE..........

Hello All

It's been better than a year, but finally the Albanian Tanchika "shooter" is finished and ready for test firing. LOL

The barrel is now .58 caliber with a new steel liner inside the original barrel and a new front bead sight installed. A new ramrod was made (original was a too-short later replacement) and threaded on one end for cleaning accessories.
The lock was tuned and now sparks great. The two missing pearl inlays were copied to match the two originals, even down to the little circle engraving and filled with original type red paste. All four were then re-glued in place. Think that turned out well. You can't really tell the old ones versus the new ones.

I have a shoulder sling that I'm going to add but still need to make a couple rings. It's an original sling from a British EIC 1842 Musket. Should look the part. LOL

I was thinking that the small, thin butt stock might be uncomfortable to shoot. So I just made a rudimentary leather butt cover that will slip off and on. LOL

Anyway, here are some later pics of the finishing gun. Hope you enjoy. And thanks for looking. Been a while coming.

Rick

rickystl · 12th May 2016, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BANDOOK

HI RICK,LOVELY AND SIMPLE TANCHIKA,ALSO LIKE THE ALBANIAN MARKINGS ,WONDER IF ITS THE MAKERS OR THE OWNERS NAME IN NATIVE SCRIPT
THESE GUNS ARE ON MY WANT LIST,BUT ITS GETTING EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO GET ONE INTO NEW ZEALAND FROM EUROPE AND IF POSSIBLE,THEN ITS COST YOU A ARM AND A LEG
MANY THANKS FOR POSTING,GOOD BUYING AND AM SURE YOU WONT SLEEP TILL YOU COMPLETELY RESTORE IT TO FIRING CONDITION,CHEERS
REGARDS RAJESH

Hi Rajesh !!
Thanks for your comments. Well, that makes 4 I own now.

One is a really nice collector piece in attic type condition. I will leave that one alone. But I do plan on making a shooter from one of the three others. Maybe this one (?).
Trouble is, it takes 6 months to get the barrels back from the gunsmith. At least I will have plenty of projects to keep me busy when I retire. LOL.
Rick.

20th May 2016, 06:15 PM	#4
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	For your library... Attached Images

1st September 2018, 05:21 PM	#7
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,632	BUMP !! UPDATE.......... Hello All It's been better than a year, but finally the Albanian Tanchika "shooter" is finished and ready for test firing. LOL The barrel is now .58 caliber with a new steel liner inside the original barrel and a new front bead sight installed. A new ramrod was made (original was a too-short later replacement) and threaded on one end for cleaning accessories. The lock was tuned and now sparks great. The two missing pearl inlays were copied to match the two originals, even down to the little circle engraving and filled with original type red paste. All four were then re-glued in place. Think that turned out well. You can't really tell the old ones versus the new ones. I have a shoulder sling that I'm going to add but still need to make a couple rings. It's an original sling from a British EIC 1842 Musket. Should look the part. LOL I was thinking that the small, thin butt stock might be uncomfortable to shoot. So I just made a rudimentary leather butt cover that will slip off and on. LOL Anyway, here are some later pics of the finishing gun. Hope you enjoy. And thanks for looking. Been a while coming. Rick Attached Images

11th May 2016, 10:41 AM	#1
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 627	HI RICK,LOVELY AND SIMPLE TANCHIKA,ALSO LIKE THE ALBANIAN MARKINGS ,WONDER IF ITS THE MAKERS OR THE OWNERS NAME IN NATIVE SCRIPT THESE GUNS ARE ON MY WANT LIST,BUT ITS GETTING EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO GET ONE INTO NEW ZEALAND FROM EUROPE AND IF POSSIBLE,THEN ITS COST YOU A ARM AND A LEG MANY THANKS FOR POSTING,GOOD BUYING AND AM SURE YOU WONT SLEEP TILL YOU COMPLETELY RESTORE IT TO FIRING CONDITION,CHEERS REGARDS RAJESH

11th May 2016, 02:27 PM	#2
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Ah Rick Rick you can't stop do you? I was weak too and I have to post few things later... Rajesh I think the barrel is Italian. I love your sight one of the best ever seen on this kind of gun. I like too the lead dots of the butt like the rat tail pistols... Best, Kubur

20th May 2016, 06:46 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Do you think that the name of the master on the barrel was locally transcribed? There seem to be strange letters and the whole name is not very comprehensible. Local very old fake? They have done it a lot to inflate the value and to brag between bottles of Ouzo:-))