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Persian or Turkish "blunderbuss" pistol, ca. 1780-1820, decent working order.

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Persian or Turkish  blunderbuss  pistol, ca. 1780-1820, decent working order.
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Persian or Turkish "blunderbuss" pistol, ca. 1780-1820, decent working order. 1355 grams, 20-1/2" long. Fat and ornate gun with silver-inlaid steel blunderbuss-style barrel; steel European-style "rainproof" lock with unreadable engraving; brass trigger guard; silver furniture and inlays all over, including star-and-crescent designs, touchmarks on barrel wrap; false ramrod; clearly well used and with period repair between lock and trigger; interesting as designed to be fired from the hip while on horseback.