Military museum in Istanbul

sinan · Jan 23, 2016

I was in military museum in Istanbul today and I've taken photos and share some of them. I've seen bulino engraving on this pistol. I wonder what are the dates on this pistol. Why did they engrave these dates on it?

sinan · Jan 23, 2016

some others

sinan · Jan 23, 2016

other guns

Brian Marshall · Jan 23, 2016

I wonder how the "8 shooter" would be classed if all the rounds go off at once? Not a wheel gun, not a semi-auto, not a full auto?

No doubt gotta be "illegal" over here

If not, it will be. Would make an interesting "street sweeper" or entire "city block sweeper"?

B.

sinan · Jan 23, 2016

ottoman horse and cavalry head armors. They engraved by Turkish motifs in 16. century.

JJ Roberts · Jan 23, 2016

sinan,Thank's for sharing the gun engraving,alway's like looking at fine engraved guns. J.J.

Ron Spokovich · Jan 23, 2016

Some of the stuff might not be illegal, at all, depending upon if they may fall into the antiques, black powder, curios, and relics classifications. I let my FFL go years back, as the local commies were a pain in the rear, getting dictatorial, and the local economy started to fall apart. I haven't, thusly, kept up with the statutes. It would be worth checking out, though.

Dave London · Jan 23, 2016

The dates are when the patent rights were issued by the US government . The patent is susposed to protect the rights of the inventor from infringement for 17 years. Hope this helps and thanks
for the photos

sinan · Jan 23, 2016

Thanks Dave.

They are illegal in Turkey because all of these are in Turkish army inventory. No one can have one of it.
This museum is owned by Turkish army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZmYXbLxxXo&list=PLr5Jr6B13m_osgUUd_YMzFuGLSatpPq13&index=46

monk · Jan 23, 2016

that is a great collection of fotos you have shared. unique really falls short attempting to describe all that you show. thanks very much for showing this interesting collection of fotos.

Marrinan · Jan 24, 2016

Wonderful shots that would never have seen otherwise, Thank you. Fred

Omar Haltam · Jan 24, 2016

Thank for sharing, I was in Istanbul in 1993 but I was not into engraving so did not have a close look at the engraving at that time...

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cropduster · Jan 24, 2016

Thank you for sharing your photos.

sinan · Jan 24, 2016

These are the some of engraved parts of some swords.

tdelewis · Jan 25, 2016

Thanks so much! This is great to see things I will never see.

piper · Feb 11, 2016

Mistaken posting... sorry!!

Dan W · Feb 11, 2016

Beautiful pieces! It is so nice to see different styles of metalwork. Thank you for the photos. Can you estimate the size of their collection?

Dan Weddle

sinan · Feb 11, 2016

Dan W said:
Beautiful pieces! It is so nice to see different styles of metalwork. Thank you for the photos. Can you estimate the size of their collection?

Dan Weddle

The museum mention that they have approximately 55.000 objects in their inventory.

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