What can you tell me about these old guns/rifle

[Leone]

I have 3 old guns/rifles. anyone that can tell me anything about them ?
Specilly the middle one. (With 3 photos) Sorry for the bad photo quality tho.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

All three are flintlocks. The middle gun appears to be of North African or eastern origin.

A couple of thing to look for on flinters -- is there a screw on the end of the pan, providing better rigidity? Is there a stirrup connecting the pan spring to the pan? These are marks of quality construction, and they appear to be missing on your guns.

That leads me to believe the long arm and lower pistol were "made for the trade" -- sort of off-the-shelf guns, probably used in Africa in the early 1900s.

 

[jlrhiner]

I'm thinking Turkish.

 

[SDC]

Without a close look, it's impossible to tell if they're even genuine firearms, or simply modern non-firing "look-alike" replicas.

 

[Leone]

Ok, thanks..

Any other kind thing anyone could say ?

 

[Urbana John]

They are not NEW!!



UJ

 

[Leone]

No i suppose they are not new..

 

[Leone]

Anything else someone wants to add ?

 

[RoadkingLarry]

What if any markings are present?

 

[Trebor]

Guns have been made for the tourist trade in Africa and the Mid East for at least 100 years.

Just so you know that it's possible for these guns to be "old", yet still not worth much as they were originally made to be sold to tourists and those guns are still fairly common.

I can't tell for sure, but I would guess they are tourist trade guns as well.

 

[rondog]

Take 'em to a gunsmith. He might not know what they are, but he could tell if they're real or not.

 

[DS Gun]

They have a neat look to them. Please let us know if you find anything out.

 

[StrawHat]

Leone,

I am struck by the similar look of the hammers on the two pistols. From the photo they appear identical, yet the style of the pistols suggests two different continents.

 

[Leone]

Ok, thanks for the answers