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Lot 171

A Bavarian 40-Bore Percussion Pistol
Mid-19th Century, The Barrel And Lock Late 18th Century

24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Bavarian 40-Bore Percussion Pistol
Mid-19th Century, The Barrel And Lock Late 18th Century

Rebuilt from flintlock, with russet octagonal sighted barrel retaining some blueing, signed 'I. Christophe Kuchenreiter' in silver along the top flat and inlaid with silver strapwork overall, silver fore-sight, and circular gold-lined maker's mark at the breech (Neue Støckel 640), tang numbered '2' and with folding leaf back-sights, rounded case-hardened detented lock engraved with foliage and retaining faint traces of maker's signature, lightly figured full stock with fluted butt, the latter with iron mount for a shoulder-stock now set with two pieces of mother-of-pearl, foliate engraved white-metal mounts comprising shaped butt-cap and spur trigger-guard, foliate engraved iron side-nail plate, white-metal ramrod-pipes (fore-end cap missing), set trigger, and later ramrod
28 cm. barrel

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