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7th January 2017, 04:34 PM
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Hi Kubur.
WOW!! What a couple more close-up photos will produce. Unfortunatly, I must agree with Fernando K. This appears to be a Tourist piece. You will probably find that both the lock and barrel are castings versus forgings. If you took the barrel off you will probably find there is no seperate breech plug. It is the most nicely decorated Tourist piece I have ever seen. That said, I still wish I owned this piece. That it is a Tourist piece would be all the excuse I need to convert it into a shooting gun with a new barrel and utilizing one of my spare miquelet locks out of my collection. LOL  I really like the stock decoration on this one.Rick |
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10th January 2017, 03:26 AM
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I sent to Fernando detailled explanations and he is right of course. That is said but what is very disturbing is the fact that this pistol is even better in 'real' than on photographs. The decoration, the weight balance, the size, it's a nice piece so it would be difficult for me to leave it. Please, look at this Algerian Moukala made in 1918 (the date in Gregoran calendar is engraved on the stock)...not mine unfortunately... Best, Kubur |
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13th January 2017, 05:41 PM
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Well, I had to try.  LOL That Moukala is dated very late. The lock and barrel may be older and re-used to build this one. The barrel seems a bit shorter than most, but could be original. Rick. |
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14th January 2017, 12:00 PM
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A COUSIN OF YOUR PISTOL
HI KUBUR
THIS BELONGS TO A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN FRANCE,WAS FOR SALE SOMETIME BACK MOROCCON OR ALGERIAN,LOVELY PISTOL REGARDS RAJESH |
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14th January 2017, 03:26 PM
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Hi
I do not know why Argentina is said. I live in Argentina, and I assure you that in my country there was no factory or artisan capable of producing this pistol. It is a European pistol, perhaps Belgian, to which the wooden hilt was changed or used to decorate the Marquis estillo. I think it's a tourist piece. Affectionately. Fernando K |
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14th January 2017, 06:12 PM
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Hi
Now I notice that the lid is held, not by a screw, but by a nail, in the upper part. I can not see what happens at the bottom, but I feel the same Affectionately. Fernando K |
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15th January 2017, 05:50 AM
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Yes you are right, it's the same style and probably the same workshop. A very nice little pocket pistol. Best wishes Kubur |
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15th January 2017, 07:02 AM
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TNX FOR YOUR REPLY KUBUR,CHEERS MERCIE
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15th January 2017, 10:26 AM
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The origin of this double barrel pistol is a mass made German so called "Weinbergpistole" used in the vinyards to disturb birds. These pistols have been in production up to the 1930s and in German warehouse catalogues they had a price of 1.-Reichsmark. There have been pistols with round or edged barrels but always of very primitiv or simple make.
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