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Me again.
Thanks to all those who've posted such helpful replies to my previous posts.
This is a pretty old gun - muzzle-loading snaphaunce carbine - but rifled. The snaphaunce was in use in Europe c.1550 -1700 until replaced by flintlock but persisted in many places till much later (e.g. in North Africa) so, since all we know is that this gun was collected in Turkey in the 1930s, it's manufacture date is uncertain.
Anyway, it's a beautiful gun as you can see, with a damascus steel barrel and heavy, brass-inlaid stock.
What's puzzling me is the strange, circular, perforated ivory disc in the underside of the stock. Does anyone know what this may be? You can see on the right hand side of the disc is a tiny brass catch so it obviously was meant to open (although I haven't tried yet!). I know that sometimes things were kept in the hollow of the stock so could it have been powder or something? Or just air holes?!
Any ideas or suggestions, as ever, most welcome and appreciated.
Helen
Thanks to all those who've posted such helpful replies to my previous posts.
This is a pretty old gun - muzzle-loading snaphaunce carbine - but rifled. The snaphaunce was in use in Europe c.1550 -1700 until replaced by flintlock but persisted in many places till much later (e.g. in North Africa) so, since all we know is that this gun was collected in Turkey in the 1930s, it's manufacture date is uncertain.
Anyway, it's a beautiful gun as you can see, with a damascus steel barrel and heavy, brass-inlaid stock.
Any ideas or suggestions, as ever, most welcome and appreciated.
Helen
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