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Lot 357

A Pair Of German 54-Bore Percussion Target Pistols
By J. Schmidt In Gustrow, Circa 1850

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of German 54-Bore Percussion Target Pistols
By J. Schmidt In Gustrow, Circa 1850

With twist octagonal sighted barrels each swamped towards the muzzle, rifled with six grooves and signed in full in gold along the top flat, engraved breeches each with dummy-bolster and numbered '1' and '2' in silver respectively, long tangs each incorporating an adjustable back-sight and engraved with scrolling foliage against a stippled ground, signed back-action locks (actions defective) and dolphin hammers en suite, figured half-stocks with fluted butts, foliate engraved steel mounts comprising shaped side-plates, shaped border engraved butt-caps each formed as a flattened diamond, trigger-guards each with chequered spur, trigger-plates with pineapple-shaped finials, vacant white-metal escutcheons on the fore-ends, set triggers, and no provision for ramrods (steel parts with some pitting overall) (2)
20.5 cm. barrels

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