DATED 1842
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A RARE .650 NORWEGIAN MODEL 1842 LøBNITZ PATENT BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION CARBINE
DATED 1842
WITH OCTAGONAL SIGHTED TIP-UP BARREL RELEASED BY A PIVOTING LEVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BAYONET MOUNT BELOW THE MUZZLE, BOX-LOCK ACTION, UNDER-HAMMER AND SPRING-TRIGGER, WOODEN BUTT AND FORE-END, IRON SLING MOUNTS, AND BRASS BUTT-PLATE (SOME MINOR PITTING)
24¾IN. (62.9CM.) BARREL
N.J. LøBNITZ PATENTED HIS BREECH-LOADING SYSTEM IN 1833. CAPTAIN F.W. SCHEEL USED THE LøBNITZ SYSTEM AS THE BASIS FOR A BREECH-LOADER WHICH WAS ADPOTED BY THE NORWEGIAN ARMY IN 1842. SEE HOWARD L. BLACKMORE, GUNS AND RIFLES OF THE WORLD, P. 64
DATED 1842
WITH OCTAGONAL SIGHTED TIP-UP BARREL RELEASED BY A PIVOTING LEVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BAYONET MOUNT BELOW THE MUZZLE, BOX-LOCK ACTION, UNDER-HAMMER AND SPRING-TRIGGER, WOODEN BUTT AND FORE-END, IRON SLING MOUNTS, AND BRASS BUTT-PLATE (SOME MINOR PITTING)
24¾IN. (62.9CM.) BARREL
N.J. LøBNITZ PATENTED HIS BREECH-LOADING SYSTEM IN 1833. CAPTAIN F.W. SCHEEL USED THE LøBNITZ SYSTEM AS THE BASIS FOR A BREECH-LOADER WHICH WAS ADPOTED BY THE NORWEGIAN ARMY IN 1842. SEE HOWARD L. BLACKMORE, GUNS AND RIFLES OF THE WORLD, P. 64