CIRCA 1800
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A FINE 16-BORE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE
CIRCA 1800
WITH LONG SWAMPED TWIST THREE-STAGE OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH SEVEN GROOVES, DECORATED WITH GOLD-ENCRUSTED ARABESQUES AT THE MUZZLE AND BREECH AND SPURIOUS DATE A.H. 997 (A.D. 1589), AND RETAINED BY SIX ENGRAVED SILVER BANDS EACH STRUCK WITH IMPERIAL TUGHRA (INDISTINCT), STANDING GOLD-ENCRUSTED BACK-SIGHT PIERCED WITH SEVEN HOLES, IRON TANG WITH FOLDING PEEP-SIGHT WITH FOURTEEN HOLES AND SET IN AN ENGRAVED SILVER APRON, CHARACTERISTIC LOCK PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH ENCRUSTED GOLD SCROLLWORK AND FOLIAGE, STAINED FULL STOCK (MINOR DEFECTS) INLAID ON THE BUTT WITH PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER PANELS, IRON BUTTON TRIGGER, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL IRON RAMROD
63½IN. (161.3CM.) BARREL
CIRCA 1800
WITH LONG SWAMPED TWIST THREE-STAGE OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH SEVEN GROOVES, DECORATED WITH GOLD-ENCRUSTED ARABESQUES AT THE MUZZLE AND BREECH AND SPURIOUS DATE A.H. 997 (A.D. 1589), AND RETAINED BY SIX ENGRAVED SILVER BANDS EACH STRUCK WITH IMPERIAL TUGHRA (INDISTINCT), STANDING GOLD-ENCRUSTED BACK-SIGHT PIERCED WITH SEVEN HOLES, IRON TANG WITH FOLDING PEEP-SIGHT WITH FOURTEEN HOLES AND SET IN AN ENGRAVED SILVER APRON, CHARACTERISTIC LOCK PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH ENCRUSTED GOLD SCROLLWORK AND FOLIAGE, STAINED FULL STOCK (MINOR DEFECTS) INLAID ON THE BUTT WITH PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER PANELS, IRON BUTTON TRIGGER, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL IRON RAMROD
63½IN. (161.3CM.) BARREL