AUGSBURG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A VERY RARE 50-BORE GERMAN BREECH-LOADING SELF-SPANNING WHEEL-LOCK RIFLE
AUGSBURG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH EIGHT GROOVES, WITH BANDS OF WAVED ORNAMENT AT THE MUZZLE AND BREECH, AND STRUCK WITH AUGSBURG MARK BEHIND THE BACK-SIGHT, SPRUNG HINGED BREECH-COVER RELEASED BY A SLIDING CATCH AT THE REAR, RELOADABLE IRON CARTRIDGE WITH ATTACHED PAN AND ETCHED SLIDING PAN-COVER, LARGE LOCK WITH SAFETY-CATCH AND SLIDING PAN-COVER, AND FLAT GILT-COPPER WHEEL-COVER FINELY PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE AND A VACANT ARMORIAL SHIELD BETWEEN TWO HERALDIC BEASTS AS SUPPORTERS, THE COCK FINELY ENGRAVED WITH MARINE MONSTERS AND FITTED WITH MOVEABLE CATCH ENABLING THE LOCK TO BE SPANNED WITH A KEY IF DESIRED, MOULDED FULL STOCK (PROBABLY A WORKING REPLACEMENT), SHAPED IRON MOUNTS, SET TRIGGER, AND HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, THE TOE OF THE BUTT WITH PATCH-BOX HOUSING A SPARE CARTRIDGE, THE PATCH-BOX COVER RELEASED BY THE HINGED LOWER HALF OF THE BUTT-PLATE
33IN. (83.8CM.) BARREL
CF. ANOTHER AUGSBURG RIFLE WITH A SIMILAR SYSTEM IN THE HOFJAGD- UND LEIBRSTKAMMER, VIENNA (NO. D 139), DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN HANS SCHEDELMANN, DIE GROSSEN BCHSENMACHER, P. 79, PLATES 135-6, AND ANOTHER, BY ANDREAS WESCHGIN OF AUGSBURG, DATED 1690, IN THE ZEUGHAUS, BERLIN (NO. AD 9075)
AUGSBURG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH EIGHT GROOVES, WITH BANDS OF WAVED ORNAMENT AT THE MUZZLE AND BREECH, AND STRUCK WITH AUGSBURG MARK BEHIND THE BACK-SIGHT, SPRUNG HINGED BREECH-COVER RELEASED BY A SLIDING CATCH AT THE REAR, RELOADABLE IRON CARTRIDGE WITH ATTACHED PAN AND ETCHED SLIDING PAN-COVER, LARGE LOCK WITH SAFETY-CATCH AND SLIDING PAN-COVER, AND FLAT GILT-COPPER WHEEL-COVER FINELY PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE AND A VACANT ARMORIAL SHIELD BETWEEN TWO HERALDIC BEASTS AS SUPPORTERS, THE COCK FINELY ENGRAVED WITH MARINE MONSTERS AND FITTED WITH MOVEABLE CATCH ENABLING THE LOCK TO BE SPANNED WITH A KEY IF DESIRED, MOULDED FULL STOCK (PROBABLY A WORKING REPLACEMENT), SHAPED IRON MOUNTS, SET TRIGGER, AND HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, THE TOE OF THE BUTT WITH PATCH-BOX HOUSING A SPARE CARTRIDGE, THE PATCH-BOX COVER RELEASED BY THE HINGED LOWER HALF OF THE BUTT-PLATE
33IN. (83.8CM.) BARREL
CF. ANOTHER AUGSBURG RIFLE WITH A SIMILAR SYSTEM IN THE HOFJAGD- UND LEIBRSTKAMMER, VIENNA (NO. D 139), DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN HANS SCHEDELMANN, DIE GROSSEN BCHSENMACHER, P. 79, PLATES 135-6, AND ANOTHER, BY ANDREAS WESCHGIN OF AUGSBURG, DATED 1690, IN THE ZEUGHAUS, BERLIN (NO. AD 9075)