Miquelet Gun, dated A.H. 1199/A.D. 1784–85, Turkish, Steel, wood, bone, copper alloy, gold, L. 46 1/2 in. (118.0 cm); L. barrel 33 1/2 in.; Cal. .80 in. (20.0 mm); Wt. 7 lb. 11 oz. (3496 g), Firearms-Guns-Miquelet, The Ottomans were quick to learn the advantages of firearms from the Europeans and were already manufacturing handguns and artillery in the fifteenth century. The Turkish armies were originally equipped with matchlock muskets, which were replaced in the late seventeenth century with those with a miquelet mechanism (a Spanish or Italian form of flintlock)
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Miquelet Gun, dated, .H, 1199/.D, 1784–85, Turkish, Steel, wood, bone, copper alloy, gold, L, 46 1/2, 118.0 cm, barrel 33, Cal, .80, 20.0 mm, Wt, 7 lb, 11 oz, 3496 g, Firearms-Guns-Miquelet, Ottomans, quick, learn, advantages, firearms, Europeans, manufacturing handguns, artillery, fifteenth century, Turkish armies, originally equipped, matchlock muskets, replaced, late seventeenth, century, miquelet mechanism, Spanish, Italian form, flintlock
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