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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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An infantry Remington Rolling Block rifle with bayonet, Nagant production, Third quarter of the 19th Century

Estimate

€ 600 - 900

Sold

€ 2.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Stato Pontificio
length 131,5 cm
Round, rifled barrel (clean bore, visible rifling), 12.7 mm cal. at the nozzle, with foresight, club guide for the bayonet, foldaway and adjustable rear sight, featuring at the base the pontifical mark with decussate keys, marks of the Liegi test bench, numbering. Frame with rotating bolt marked "EM & NAGANT A LIEGE", marks and serial numbers, also matching to the barrel. Working mechanism. Wooden butt and fore-end with still visible stamps ("R" crowned and others not clearly legible). Marked, iron mounts. Complete with ramrod. Minimal external pitting. With sabre bayonet (length: 68.8 cm) marked "BG" and "FT" under crown, complete with iron scabbard with some pitting. Rare and interesting in this condition.