A FINE 28-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK TARGET RIFLE BY J. ANTON SCHUBERT IN ABENSBERG, CIRCA 1740 WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH SEVEN GROOVES AND WITH OVAL MAKER'S STAMP ( NEUE STøCKEL 8228) LINED WITH GILT COPPER, REMOVABLE TOUCH-HOLE, TANG ENGRAVED WITH A SHELL AND C-SCROLLS, SIGNED FLAT LOCK WITH INTERNAL WHEEL FINELY ENGRAVED WITH ROCOCO SCROLLWORK AND FOLIAGE AND A LANDSCAPE WITH A CASTLE ON A HILL AND A PEASANT AND HIS DOG, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH SCROLLWORK IN RELIEF, SHAPED STEEL MOUNTS FINELY ENGRAVED WITH SYMMETRICAL DESIGNS OF SCROLLS AND STRAPWORK, SHAPED FLAT SIDE-PLATE CENTRED ON A LANDSCAPE, INDENTED STEEL TRIGGER-GUARD, SLIDING PATCH-BOX COVER VENEERED IN ROOTWOOD, LIGHT AND DARK HORN, AND WITH ENGRAVED STEEL INSETS, STEEL-FRAMED THUMB RECESS, THE BASE OF THE CHEEK-PIECE EN SUITE, HORN FORE-END CAP (REPLACED), STEEL BUTT-PLATE WITH BUTTON, SET TRIGGER, ENGRAVED STEEL RAMROD-PIPES, AND WOODEN RAMROD WITH LIGHT AND DARK HORN TIP 30¼IN. (76.8CM.) BARREL THIS RIFLE HAS A MOST UNUSUAL LOCK MECHANISM WITH A SEAR OF FLINTLOCK TYPE
A FINE 28-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK TARGET RIFLE BY J. ANTON SCHUBERT IN ABENSBERG, CIRCA 1740 WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH SEVEN GROOVES AND WITH OVAL MAKER'S STAMP ( NEUE STøCKEL 8228) LINED WITH GILT COPPER, REMOVABLE TOUCH-HOLE, TANG ENGRAVED WITH A SHELL AND C-SCROLLS, SIGNED FLAT LOCK WITH INTERNAL WHEEL FINELY ENGRAVED WITH ROCOCO SCROLLWORK AND FOLIAGE AND A LANDSCAPE WITH A CASTLE ON A HILL AND A PEASANT AND HIS DOG, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH SCROLLWORK IN RELIEF, SHAPED STEEL MOUNTS FINELY ENGRAVED WITH SYMMETRICAL DESIGNS OF SCROLLS AND STRAPWORK, SHAPED FLAT SIDE-PLATE CENTRED ON A LANDSCAPE, INDENTED STEEL TRIGGER-GUARD, SLIDING PATCH-BOX COVER VENEERED IN ROOTWOOD, LIGHT AND DARK HORN, AND WITH ENGRAVED STEEL INSETS, STEEL-FRAMED THUMB RECESS, THE BASE OF THE CHEEK-PIECE EN SUITE, HORN FORE-END CAP (REPLACED), STEEL BUTT-PLATE WITH BUTTON, SET TRIGGER, ENGRAVED STEEL RAMROD-PIPES, AND WOODEN RAMROD WITH LIGHT AND DARK HORN TIP 30¼IN. (76.8CM.) BARREL THIS RIFLE HAS A MOST UNUSUAL LOCK MECHANISM WITH A SEAR OF FLINTLOCK TYPE
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