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Lot 4323ANTIQUE
A rare Cordier-Minier training/demonstrator riflecirca 1862
17 November 2008, 10:00 PST
San FranciscoUS$1,000 - US$1,500
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Find your local specialistA rare Cordier-Minier training/demonstrator rifle
circa 1862
circa 1862
The 16 inch tapered round barrel with integral percussion bolster linked directly to the cock by an 18 inch rod mounted on the right side of the stock. Rounded breech with long tangs, the upper tang marked C C, numbered 906 and fitted with an adjustable rear sight calibrated to 1100. Simple steel furniture. Walnut half-stock.
Condition: Very good. Grey metal showing areas of light pitting. Stock showing numerous light marks and staining, wrist with small hairline crack to left side.
See Illustration
Condition: Very good. Grey metal showing areas of light pitting. Stock showing numerous light marks and staining, wrist with small hairline crack to left side.
See Illustration
Footnotes
Note: See Figure 240 of L'Arme A Feu Portative Francaise, by Maurice Cottaz for an illustration and description of this gun. An invention of the French gunmaker Cordier and Col. Minie, the inventor of the Minie ball, to protect the firer by using reduced charges and distancing the ignition point from the firer's face.




