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Lot 238

A German 28-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle, And Another of 18-Bore
The First Mid-19th Century, The Second No. 409, Dated 1843

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,000

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A German 28-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle, And Another of 18-Bore
The First Mid-19th Century, The Second No. 409, Dated 1843

The first with russet octagonal leaf-sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves and fitted with a bayonet bar on the right side at the muzzle, octagonal breech with long tang, flat lock (bolster missing), figured full stock, butt with cheek-piece and chequered grip, sliding patch-box cover (chipped), plain brass mounts including shaped side-plate and spur trigger-guard, set-trigger, brass ramrod-pipes, sling loops, and later brass-tipped ramrod; the second with browned octagonal leaf-sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, the breech stamped with the date and serial number on one flat and '7.J.B4.C.N:60.' along another, serial numbered tang, flat bevelled lock with rounded tail and stamped with Saarn mark (Neue Støckel 8721), sprung nipple-protector, figured half-stock, butt with cheek-piece and sliding patch-box cover, brass mounts including spur trigger-guard, sling loops with leather sling, and later wooden ramrod (2)
70.5 cm. barrels

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