9th August 2015, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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OTTOMAN TUFUK SMOOTHBORE
Hello all.
I call this gun my ugly duckling. There is just no way to make it look good. LOL It's seen a lot of field use. There is a period repair to the large crack in the butt stock, and a repair on the fore end of the stock. The barrel is a correct, period barrel, but did not originally come with the gun. It's a bit large and the barrel bands were made to accomodate this. The barrel now has a new steel smoothbore liner for safe shooting, and a new front sight added. The lock is now in good working order. This Tufuk is the style with the short length butt stock. I believe these were aimed from the cheek (similar to Japanese matchlocks) or fired from horseback from the hip, similar to Ottoman blunderbuss pistols. Anyway, picture heavy. Rick. |
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