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A Bohemian 30-Bore Percussion Sporting RifleBy Johann Adam Kuchenreuter In Regensburg, Mid-19th Century
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,750 inc. premium
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A Bohemian 30-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle
By Johann Adam Kuchenreuter In Regensburg, Mid-19th Century
By Johann Adam Kuchenreuter In Regensburg, Mid-19th Century
With browned octagonal sighted barrel of decorative twist pattern signed in gold along the top flat at the breech and rifled with eight grooves, engraved back-sight and further folding adjustable calibrated long range sight behind, case-hardened breech with gold lines and engraved with a stag in a landscape on top, foliate engraved tang decorated with a bird in a landscape and with folding windage and elevation adjustable peep-sight, foliate engraved detented back-action lock with a stag leaping a tree stump in a landscape, foliate engraved dolphin hammer, pivoting safety-bolster, figured half-stock with chequered grip within foliate borders, butt with cheek-piece carved with foliage at the rear, sliding patch-box cover, steel mounts comprising side-plate engraved with a stag and birds in a landscape, foliate engraved butt-plate, wooden spur trigger-guard with pierced terminal and foliate engraved steel mounts, trigger-plate with finial engraved with a chamois, horn fore-end cap, vacant white-metal escutcheon, set trigger, sling mounts, and original brass-mounted ramrod
69.5 cm. barrel
69.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Johann Adam Kuchenreuter was court gunmaker to the Princes von Thurn and Taxis




