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Unread 01-24-2019, 10:04 PM   #2
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Looks like it might be a rifle from North Africa from around the 1800s with a shaphaunce or miquelet lock, a predecessor to the flintlock action. Could be original or a modern reproduction, it would take someone with a lot more experience with these weapons than me to say for sure.
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