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6th June 2015, 06:37 PM
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Silver Stocked Kubur Pistol
Hello all. Well, another week, another gun posted.
 This is one of my favorite Kubur pistols in my collection. At first, I thought this might be a celina or ledenica pistol made for the Montenegrin market. Or Northern Albanian/Greek pistol. But the top of the barrel has the marking of what I recall is the Albanian national bird crest. If so, this may have been built in a Northern Albanian shop. The stock is made of one piece of silver, with a long single silver barrel band. It has the typical Balkan/Albanian style lock with a very faint makers mark. Lock in good working order. And you can see the typical "false ramrod" impersonation. Any other possible origins for this pistol? Anyway, picture heavy. Hope you enjoy. And thanks for looking. Rick. |
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6th June 2015, 06:39 PM
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SOME MORE PICS.....
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6th June 2015, 06:41 PM
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6th June 2015, 06:42 PM
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7th June 2015, 10:04 AM
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Hi Rick,
Difficult to add something, just beautiful, I like this model too. I have the cousin (the rat-tail) that I''ll try to post today. For the origins, nothing more to add. Again I rely on Elgood (Greek arms). For the "Arms of Arabia", be patient like me, sometimes you can find it at a descent price. For the "faint makers mark" on the lock, if you lock closely you'll see that they are symbols of wind and clouds. You have also this symbolism on some blades (cassaignard). Wind represents powder and I think it's just perfect on a lock that brings light or storm. Mmm probably some members will think that I'm crazy, but I'll post some drawings later... Best, Kubur |
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7th June 2015, 10:20 AM
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A last point, you have something not common on this kind of gun: a silver protection to avoid been hurt with the movement of the hammer. I saw that many times with the Caucasian pistols but the protection was just a leather piece.
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7th June 2015, 06:52 PM
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Thanks for your comments. And thanks for the information: Wind and clouds, wind = power, etc. Hmmmm.......interesting. I had no idea. Since you mentioned Rat Tail, I'll make a future Post of a trio of Albanian brass stocked pistols showing the three different butt stocks/grips usually encountered on these pistols. It will be interesting to view the comparisons. Rick. |
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