Ottoman Tufek Rifle - Restored

rickystl · 2nd May 2015, 08:01 PM

And some more.........

rickystl · 2nd May 2015, 08:02 PM

Here are pics of the barrel before and after....

rickystl · 2nd May 2015, 08:03 PM

Woops...forgot the pics

kahnjar1 · 2nd May 2015, 09:03 PM

Another nice job Rick, and another sleeved barrel

Your gunsmith really has been busy! I see that the forewood has been joined at some stage. Just as a suggestion, what about moving the barrel band second from the muzzle to cover the join. Would not be as obvious.
Stu

rickystl · 3rd May 2015, 05:55 PM

Thanks Stu. Yes, that join was there when I bought the gun. Whoever did it did an excellent job. This one seems to be a favorite with other shooters at the gun club. Light weight and very accurate.
BARREL LINERS: The only reason to add a liner is the original barrel is in too poor of condition for safe shooting. And, your primary intent is to have a shooter more so than a collector item. I realize adding the liner dramatically decreases the historical significance and pure collector value. And maybe I'm considered just the lunatic fringe of interest in these guns. LOL

I have others in my collection that I would not think of altering in this way.
This Tufek rifle was a good candidate to make in to a shooter. In it's original state, it had only minor collector value. And the Mid-East type guns are by no means rare, having been made virtually unchanged for some 200+ years. Yes, there is a big difference between restoration and altering/rebuilding. So I'm careful when picking a gun to be a shooter. Hope this sort of makes sense? And thanks again for your correspondence. Rick.

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rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,632	Here are pics of the barrel before and after....

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kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,789	Another nice job Rick, and another sleeved barrel Your gunsmith really has been busy! I see that the forewood has been joined at some stage. Just as a suggestion, what about moving the barrel band second from the muzzle to cover the join. Would not be as obvious. Stu

3rd May 2015, 05:55 PM	#5
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,632	Thanks Stu. Yes, that join was there when I bought the gun. Whoever did it did an excellent job. This one seems to be a favorite with other shooters at the gun club. Light weight and very accurate. BARREL LINERS: The only reason to add a liner is the original barrel is in too poor of condition for safe shooting. And, your primary intent is to have a shooter more so than a collector item. I realize adding the liner dramatically decreases the historical significance and pure collector value. And maybe I'm considered just the lunatic fringe of interest in these guns. LOL I have others in my collection that I would not think of altering in this way. This Tufek rifle was a good candidate to make in to a shooter. In it's original state, it had only minor collector value. And the Mid-East type guns are by no means rare, having been made virtually unchanged for some 200+ years. Yes, there is a big difference between restoration and altering/rebuilding. So I'm careful when picking a gun to be a shooter. Hope this sort of makes sense? And thanks again for your correspondence. Rick.