A 32-bore German flintlock turn-over combined sporting gun and rifle
A 32-bore German flintlock turn-over combined sporting gun and rifle

BY DAVID ARNETH, MERGENTHEIM, CIRCA 1800

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A 32-bore German flintlock turn-over combined sporting gun and rifle
By David Arneth, Mergentheim, circa 1800
With sighted barrels each signed in silver on the sighting flat at the breech, rounded back-action lock with moulded border, carved moulded walnut stock, pierced brass mounts, the front of the trigger-guard forming the release catch for the barrels, brass ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, set trigger, and brass-tipped ramrod (in worn condition, iron parts filed and pitted, barrel-release mechanism defective)
30½in. (77.5cm.) barrels

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