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A Very Rare Continental 60-Bore Percussion Superimposed Load Four-Shot PistolMid-19th Century
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,530 inc. premium
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A Very Rare Continental 60-Bore Percussion Superimposed Load Four-Shot Pistol
Mid-19th Century
Mid-19th Century
With octagonal barrel made in one with the rectangular block-shaped mechanism housing beneath, the latter incorporating the hammers along the right side, the hammers firing in sequence via a slender plunger with copper disc for the thumb and acting against a pivoting sprung ratchet-wheel working on a bar-spring along the bottom of the mechanism housing, and figured rounded butt (broken through and repaired at the tang)
17.8 cm. barrel
17.8 cm. barrel
Footnotes
This appears to be the only example of its type recorded








