Balkan Miquelet Identification?

rickystl · 7th January 2023, 10:59 AM

Hi Cyten

Agree with Corrado. Appears to be a Dzeferder with a Ottoman/Turkish lock. And possibly a Turkish barrel.

The more decorated example posted by Corrado has one of the more common Balkan style locks.

Rick

cyten · 8th January 2023, 03:44 AM

As I understand it, Dzeferdar means to be "decorated, bejeweled, etc" and in the photo GP posted, the gun is labeled as "Čibuklija" which to my understanding is essentially an undecorated Dzeferdar, gun made more closely to the Italian guns that were early imports to the region.
The Turkish lock and trigger threw me off

7th January 2023, 10:59 AM	#1
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,621	Hi Cyten Agree with Corrado. Appears to be a Dzeferder with a Ottoman/Turkish lock. And possibly a Turkish barrel. The more decorated example posted by Corrado has one of the more common Balkan style locks. Rick

8th January 2023, 03:44 AM	#2
cyten Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Caucasus Posts: 89	As I understand it, Dzeferdar means to be "decorated, bejeweled, etc" and in the photo GP posted, the gun is labeled as "Čibuklija" which to my understanding is essentially an undecorated Dzeferdar, gun made more closely to the Italian guns that were early imports to the region. The Turkish lock and trigger threw me off