Caucasian rifle

[rickystl]

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi Kubur,
Nice rifle you've got there, do you think the upper part of the cock is a working replacement or not? I have attached a photograph of the lock on my Caucasian rifle, which is similar to the one on Corrado's pistol, for a comparison.
Regards,
Norman.

P.S. Corrado that is a nice pistol you have.

Hi Norman ! How have you been ?
Yes, this Persian style lock is the most common you see on these Caucasian guns. Mine is similar. Often, the long guns also copy the Persian style barrels.
Rick.

[rickystl]

Here, a rather plain pistol with a stock made of one piece of horn, with a Circasian style lock varient.
Rick.

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by rickystl

Here, a rather plain pistol with a stock made of one piece of horn, with a Circasian style lock varient.
Rick.

Hi Rick,

Is it common to have a horn stock? I never saw that before... Do you have more photos??

Best,
Kubur

[ariel]

Kubur,
Harbuk is a Daghestani village ( aul) that was a center for firearm production for the entire North Caucasus and even for larger centers like Tiflis.

[rickystl]

Originally Posted by Kubur

Hi Rick,

Is it common to have a horn stock? I never saw that before... Do you have more photos??

Best,
Kubur

Hi Kubur.
No, it is not common. This is the only one I've ever seen. While in Baltimore about three years ago a Dealer in primarily Ethno weapons mentioned he had seen only one other. Actually, I restored this to shooting condition and posted it here on the Forum. But that was in June, 2011. WOW! Five years has gone by already. Anyway, if you go to the Search section of the Forum, and look under my handle rickystl and Caucasian Pistol, there are a bunch of pics. Along with a silver Caucasion belt buckle.
Rick.

[Norman McCormick]

Originally Posted by rickystl

Hi Norman ! How have you been ?
Yes, this Persian style lock is the most common you see on these Caucasian guns. Mine is similar. Often, the long guns also copy the Persian style barrels.
Rick.

Hi Rick,
It's very kind of you to ask Been really busy getting a wreck of a house up and running but the light is now at the end of the tunnel. I see from past posts you've been really busy buying up the worlds stock of Ethno firearms and very cool they are too I have attached a couple of photographs of the barrel of my gun maybe Turkish or Persian?
My Regards,
Norman.

[rickystl]

Hi Norman.
The shoulder guns I've seen tend to have cues of both Persian and Ottoman barrels. It's really difficult to know for sure. But the locks do usually copy the Persian style.
What looks interesting on your barrel is the 6 groove "U" shaped rifling. Unless the grooves are just champhered at the muzzle only to assist in loading, that style of rifling is not very common. The barrel on mine has the typical square cut rifling, but 8 grooves. With the taper of the barrel having a bit more Ottoman look to it.
Rick.