Miquelet pistol for ID

[rickystl]

Hi Jean Luc. That's a very interesting pistol. 1) The lock "style" looks very much Albanian. I post a photo of an Albanian lock below for comparison. Note the similarities. 2) The pistol looks like it was made without a trigger guard. But the trigger itself also looks styled like other Albanian pistols I've seen/own. Albanian pistols were usually made with iron or brass triggerguards. But, I've seen a couple that were not. 3) I attach a photo of a typical Caucassan pistol I own. They are very different.

I don't reconize the decoration on the grip area. Hmmmm. If I had to guess, I would say this is an Albanian pistol or possibly North African utilizing these parts. Again, interesting pistol. Rick.