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Originally Posted by Kubur
...As I said the rifles from the Balkans are very well known, the boyliya in Bulgaria is probably the most similar to your gun... Can you post a photo of the sight?
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While I have no reason to doubt you, I have seen this "shishane" type in Bosnia (where I know the Dzeferdar was more common) Montenegro (where the Tancica was more common) Bulgaria (where the Boyliya was more common) Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, etc. But of course these could be captures/leftovers/personal rifles of Turks and there certainly was a widespread gun trade.
Attached are the sights of my rifle. Any idea of when the "peep" sight became more in fashion for these over the more western barrel notch sight? I've seen both types used on these but the vast majority have been the peep hole. From the wonderful collection in Vienna I rarely recall any "standard" notch sights on the shishanes they had.