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A German 25 Bore Wheellock Sporting Rifle Circa 17th Century
A German 25 Bore Wheellock Sporting Rifle Circa 17th Century
£6,750.00
Product Code
WRSP186
In stock
A German 25 bore wheellock sporting rifle circa 17th century, with octagonal sighted barrel, rifled with sixteen grooves, 83.4cm. Breech stamped with barrelsmiths initials HF (similar to Neue Stockel 2832), either side of the sighting groove, folding leaf back sight, grooved tang, flat bevelled lock engraved with a horse man amid scrolling foliage and stamped with the Nuremburg mark and a star shaped makers mark (similar to Neue Stockel 5910), annular wheel retaining bracket and sliding pan cover, lightly figured full stock inlaid along both sides of the fore stock, with engraved white horn or bone hounds pursuing hares in a landscape, the butt with figures and animals, the cheekpiece with a large panel engraved with a battle scene involving armoured figures on horseback, all the inlays against a ground of brass wire scrollwork with white horn or bone dots, sliding patchbox cover en suite, iron trigger guard engraved with foliage en suite with the lock, set trigger with later ramrod. Overall length 113.4cm.
A German 25 bore wheellock sporting rifle circa 17th century, with octagonal sighted barrel, rifled with sixteen grooves, 83.4cm. Breech stamped with barrelsmiths initials HF (similar to Neue Stockel 2832), either side of the sighting groove, folding leaf back sight, grooved tang, flat bevelled lock engraved with a horse man amid scrolling foliage and stamped with the Nuremburg mark and a star shaped makers mark (similar to Neue Stockel 5910), annular wheel retaining bracket and sliding pan cover, lightly figured full stock inlaid along both sides of the fore stock, with engraved white horn or bone hounds pursuing hares in a landscape, the butt with figures and animals, the cheekpiece with a large panel engraved with a battle scene involving armoured figures on horseback, all the inlays against a ground of brass wire scrollwork with white horn or bone dots, sliding patchbox cover en suite, iron trigger guard engraved with foliage en suite with the lock, set trigger with later ramrod. Overall length 113.4cm.
| Weight (kg) | 2.846 |
|---|---|
| Mechanism | Wheellock |
| License Type | No Licence Required |
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