Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 Russian Air Force which are lines of NIOI

which are lines of NIOI leading to the edge

The steel dagger blade still has much of the original factory grind on the edge

Additional marks of interest include inspectors' and proof marks around the breech end of the barrel: a capital R on top and a V over a P over an eagle's head over another P on the left side just above the stock

The fuchi (collar) for the tsuka (handle) is bronze with some embossed designs

Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 Russian Air Force which are lines of NIOIOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Miquelet (Migulet) Tanchika was the traditional muzzle loading long gun of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. The design also saw use across the Mediterranean in North Africa, where it could be found in this rare carbine form, complete with the typical body sling rings on the left side. It features a 24 inch long HEPTAGONAL (7 sided barrel), which has a . 59" bore with seven groove rifling, something we