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Thursday 20 June 2024 e Friday 21 June 2024, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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An 1850 model percussion carbine for Chasseurs with bayonet

Estimate

€ 200 - 400

Sold

€ 2.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno delle Due Sicilie
length 125.5 cm.
Round, rifled, 17,7 mm cal. barrel, with octagonal base (bore with pitting, no longer visible rifling), with breech marked "FRANCOTTE LIEGE", "ED 1856", "A", mark of the Liège test bench and various other marks, with adjustable and foldaway rear sight up to "1000", provided with clutch for the bayonet (marked "5308"). Backward spring lock signed "A. FRANCOTTE LIEGE"; wooden, full stock with brass and iron mounts. Butt plate marked "13 C.B.C. 8. C 30" and with mark. The left side marked "TO 1856". Iron ramrod. Complete with its bayonet, blade marked "V.W" and "C", iron crossbar marked "13. B.C. 1.C. 128", with brass scabbard and mounts.