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Rare and Fine Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria

Friday 16 December 2022, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A 'Short Type' Glisenti pinfire revolver

Estimate

€ 100 - 150

Sold

€ 525

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

dating: 1861 - 1863 provenance: Kingdom of Italy, Rifled, cylindrical, 11 mm cal. barrel (some staining inside, visible rifling), with large foresight. Six-shot cylinder. Single-shot, working mechanism (needs revision). Frame with markings 'GLISENTI BRESCIA', mark 'C' and other marks, serial number not clearly visible. A few pitting. Wooden grips. Trigger guard with finger support, non-extractable ramrod, butt-plate with fuller. 'Short' variant of the Lefaucheux revolver, a transition between the French commercial model and the definitive model for Carabinieri. Restored and put into production by the Glisenti company. See a very similar example in 'Pistole Militari Italiane' by L. Salvatici, p. 96. length 26 cm.

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