A Rare unique early Pistol
Hello friends,have been busy so have not posted since a long time,here I am sharing a small pistol which recently came in a local auction .The guess would be Afganistan/india but found out that this actually is a Russian Cossack gun,may have been shortened at both ends at some stage of its life ,Thanks Oliver Pinchot for this information.A rifle of similar lock and character was recently sold at Auctions Imperial as a rare Russian snaplock rifle being preserved foe centuries in the Imperial Russian hinterlands,the archaic wooden stock with faceted butt,the characteristic lock,showing a variety of influences and all other stock furniture handwrought
the first recorded examples of this type of weapon in Russia occurred during the late 16th century.They were rugged,reliable weapons popular amongst Cossacks and other march forces ,remaining in use ,formally unchanged ,until the late 19th century
he also mentioned it could be Russian or Swedish , some where along the Baltic coast and late 19 th century
the overall length of is just 52.5 cm
someone here will tell us more about this unusual pistol,am also adding a photo of a Afgani man with a similar type of pistol around his waist
Regards Rajesh
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