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

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A pair of percussion target pistols

Estimate

€ 250 - 450

Sold

€ 1.375

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Francia
length 39.5 cm.
Octagonal, rifled, 11.4 mm cal barrels (bore needs cleaning, visible rifling), consisting of fluted and engraved sectors, remains of a signature, precision front sight. Tangs engraved with floral motifs and provided with rear sight. Forward percussion spring locks, flat plates decorated with raceme engravings, lowered tangs. Half wooden stocks with carved fore-end caps and butts: the former with floral motifs and the latter also with grooves. Iron mounts engraved en suite with the locks, trigger guards with finger rests, prolonged butt plates with whirligig-shaped ends. Triggers with set trigger. Working mechanism, but needs revision.