Lot Essay
The rifle appears to be chambered for one of the 9.5X47(R) family of cartridges
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE AND ORNATE SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS TARGET RIFLE BY T. LAÜGER (LÖRRACH), no serial number visible, rotary underlever with slide-and-tilt action, double set-triggers, the action and furniture with profuse decoration of relief-engraved and silver-inlaid birds, beasts and grotesque heads amidst foliate-scrolls, the figured stock with ornate horn triggerguard, cheekpiece and butt-plate, the body of the stock carved with an eagle amidst bold foliate-scrolls, the reverse with an inset silver presentation plaque bearing the following presentational address 'Presented in July 1861, on the occasion of the German Marksmen's Day in Gotha, to the assembled members of the Guild of Marksmen of Frankfurt on Oder', sling-swivels, the carved and fluted barrel gold-inlaid with the maker's name, with open-sights
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A FINE AND ORNATE SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS TARGET RIFLE BY T. LAÜGER (LÖRRACH), no serial number visible, rotary underlever with slide-and-tilt action, double set-triggers, the action and furniture with profuse decoration of relief-engraved and silver-inlaid birds, beasts and grotesque heads amidst foliate-scrolls, the figured stock with ornate horn triggerguard, cheekpiece and butt-plate, the body of the stock carved with an eagle amidst bold foliate-scrolls, the reverse with an inset silver presentation plaque bearing the following presentational address 'Presented in July 1861, on the occasion of the German Marksmen's Day in Gotha, to the assembled members of the Guild of Marksmen of Frankfurt on Oder', sling-swivels, the carved and fluted barrel gold-inlaid with the maker's name, with open-sights
13 7/8in. pull, 28¾in. barrel, proof exemption, sold as unsuitable for use
In its mahogany case; with all accessories and the winning target
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13 7/8in. pull, 28¾in. barrel, proof exemption, sold as unsuitable for use
In its mahogany case; with all accessories and the winning target
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