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A Rare French 8MM Giffard 1862 Patent Breech-Loading Air Gun For Ball Or ShotNo. 1196, Circa 1865
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,560 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare French 8MM Giffard 1862 Patent Breech-Loading Air Gun For Ball Or Shot
No. 1196, Circa 1865
No. 1196, Circa 1865
With reblued sighted barrel with integral hand-operated pump beneath, circular loading-aperture with wing-headed tap stamped 'P. Giffard Breveté', circular reblued action engraved with trailing vines, tang en suite and incorporating the hammer, highly figured stock (fore-end split, repaired flat to the left of the action), and reblued mounts comprising butt-plate and scroll trigger-guard en suite with the action
52.5 cm. barrel
52.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For another example in the Frank Furniss Collection see Arne Hoff, Air Guns And Other Pneumatic Arms, 1972, pl. 78 and 84, no. 432








