A 24-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANN
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A 24-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANN WOLF PETER, ÖTTINGEN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY built on an earlier heavy swamped octagonal sighted barrel with brass-lined stamp of Friedrich Bickel (Neue Støckel 57) , the bore cut with seven grooves, bevelled lock signed "Pierre a Öttingen" and engraved with wavy linear borders (the top jaw and screw associated), carved moulded figured walnut full stock (the fore-end cracked in front of the rear ramrod-pipe), the butt with patch-box fitted with sliding cover, full iron mounts, the butt-plate tang formed as an engraved serpent, the side-plate pierced and engraved with bevelled and chamfered scrolls, the trigger-guard decorated with chiselled acanthus finials, with three faceted baluster-shaped ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod. 79.4cm; 31 ¼ in barrel £800-1200
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A 24-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANN
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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