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please help identify this gun

aloushi
I know this is a bad photo but it shows a semi-auto pistol which I cannot identify. It looks much like a Walther PP but apperars much larger. The ejection port is odd as there seems to be another port or recess/indention below and to the left of the main ejection port in the photo. Can anyone identify this pistol?

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  • aloushi
    Hello all, can someone please help identify the year and possible value of the gun, I have many more pictures upon request, thank you...

    http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=257518994/PictureID=6904883577/a=160934262_160934262/t_=160934262
    http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=257518994/PictureID=6904883578/a=160934262_160934262/t_=160934262
    http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=257518994/PictureID=6904883579/a=160934262_160934262/t_=160934262
    http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=257518994/PictureID=6904883580/a=160934262_160934262/t_=160934262
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  • rufe-snow
    Your photo lacks clarity, That said, it looks to me, to be similar to salute/celebration guns that are used in South Central Europe as a noisemaker use at weddings and holidays.
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  • aloushi
    doesn't sound to thrilling! I took it to a local jeweler that confirmed that the metal designs are real solid gold. Do you have any idea what year it could be? thanks...
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  • rhmc24
    This may have been a real gun but as rufe says, it would take lot better pix know more. The Middle East was fond of this design that couldn't decide if it was a pistol or not. This piece, if real, has had its hammer replaced because it couldn't hold a flint. Altho a flintlock type it dates probably mid to late 1800s - from where they were couple generations behind Europe in guns.

    All that said, this type was much faked in more modern times to sell to tourists.
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  • rufe-snow
    The ones I have seen recently have percussion ignition, but design and dimensions appear to be similar to the one in your photo. I wouldn't be surprised if the modern repros, are based on Turkish 17th Century firearms. Those areas of South Central Europe had a long history of conflict with the Ottoman Empire, going back many years. If yours has Gold fittings perhaps it's one of the original Turkish guns, that the modern repros are based on. You need to get a hands-on with a knowledgeable collector/dealer in Eastern firearms.
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  • aloushi
    I appreciate all the info. I will try to locate someone local that can examine it in person.
    thanks for all your replies...
    Mel...
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  • toad8877
    i have seen pictures very close to what you have here, while i was researching something else, i had run across a spanish navy musket inlaid with gold and had a brass barrel somewhere in the early 1800's and valued around $8000 or that was what they were asking. hope this helps.
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  • HAIRY
    Here's a close up of the lock. IMO, it could not fire when brand new.

    lock.jpg
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