Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A .400 CALIBRE GERMAN PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE,
SCHÜTZENBÜCHSE, BY W. MAUSER, CIRCA 1860
with blued sighted barrel signed in gold over the breech,
rifled with six grooves, blued adjustable back-sight,
recessed breech for a loading tool, case-hardened tang
fitted with fully adjustable peep back-sight, case-hardened
flat lock, blued double set trigger, figured walnut full stock,
chequered grip and fore-end, raised cheek-piece, casehardened
steel mounts including trigger-guard shaped for
the fingers, and butt-cap of characteristically pronounced
form, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped wooden
ramrod
86cm; 33P in barrel
£1000-1200
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A RARE CONTINENTAL SIGRIST PATENT PERCUSSION
UNDER HAMMER RIFLE, NO. 83, DATED 1858
with reblued barrel retained by three steel bands of
regulation type, fitted with brass fore-sight, rifled with six
slender shallow grooves and stamped with a series of
marks including the date at the breech, reblued folding
back-sight, under-hammer action with hinged brass cover
retained by a steel sliding pin, figured walnut full stock,
brass mounts including trigger-guard and butt-plate of
regulation type, steel sling swivels and steel ramrod
92.3cm; 36G in barrel
The Belgian patent of J. Sigrist dated 28th March 1843 is
very similar to Baron Heurteloup’s patent of 1841. See W.
Reid 1959-61, pp. 59-81.
£600-800
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