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No Problem re the donation Brian, worth the few euro for me to know what the item is. It is outside my collecting sphere of Irish Flintlock Pistols, but I tend to stumble on nice Japanese items once a year or so and I have always found this forum very forthcoming with information on my latest find. I will get the long gun pics sorted in the next week or so for your appraisals. Keep well the both of you. Ken

Hi Piers, The byo are present I just took them out of the bajōzutsu when taking the pictures Mechanism works perfect and the timber has no cracks or bits missing overall in v v good condition I think. Sorry yes I meant a smoothbore long gun (not a rifle) some nice decoration on it Ill get some pictures in the next week or so once i remove the byo I just made the 30 $ payment to Brian but it is on you and thanks again. I am not selling but approx what sort of money would this go for as a matter of interest Regards Ken

Many thanks for the information Piers I got a rifle also in the same auction but have yet to get the pins out to remove the barrel. I was more attracted to the rifle but decided to pick up the pistol/Carbine while i had the chance, can i assume that the lack of decoration and relatively large caliber indicates this is a military item as opposed to civilian? Kind regards and as usual I will update my gold membership as a thanks for the information pay back, I drop in here whenever I need info on a purchase and don't contribute any knowledge so I might as well pay for the pleasure. Regards Ken

Hi Brian, Hopefully someone will be able to give some indication on what the writing means. Are there any other pictures I need to provide to help know if it is correct or not Thanks Ken

Hi All, I never saw a Teppo for sale in Ireland before so I decided to but this one, paid just under 500 dollars which hopefully is an OK price? Came out the gun collection of one of General D Mac Arthurs staff who had a castle in Ireland, Col Sean O Driscoll was the officers name. The gun collection was siezed by the Irish police on his death in the 90's and only sold a few weeks ago. I know absolutely nothing about this gun so I would be very much obliged if someone could tell me anything about it, calibre is 15cm so around 5/8 of an inch overall length 23 inches and barrel is 14 inches. I have attached a picture of the writing on the barrel so can anything be told about where and when it was made and would this be a military gun or civilian? Best regards Ken

Hi Jason Where are you located in Ireland? Regards Ken

Hi Jason, I am in Ireland and generally buy in auction houses/private sales as it is a lot simpler all told, I am not too interested in certificates etc. though as I just buy what i like. Look at my previous posts and you will see what i have picked up Regards, Ken

Hi All all I had to go on was the pictures supplied by auctioneer so I pulled out early, what do you think, should I have kept going or not. Thanks Ken https://www.easylive...ion-of-mil-lot-1007/

Off to a new years party but will put up better pics tomorrow, thanks ken

Hi All, any chance you can make out signature on this tsuba I just got? Much appreciated , ken

Sorry I don't understand what you mean by this statement It wants to be shinto, maybe shinshinto Sukesada. Is this a good school to have a sword from Thanks Ken

Hi, a friend just did a trade for this, any info on the sword welcome, pictures terrible I know and i have asked for more. Regards ken

Thanks all for your help Ken

Hi, can anyone read what this says, it is ion a bronze belonging to a friend, cheers ken