TULA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A VERY RARE CASED 70-BORE RUSSIAN BREECH-LOADING REPEATING AIR GUN
TULA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL WITH SILVER FORE-SIGHT AND INLAID WITH A MARTIAL TROPHY IN SILVER AT THE BREECH, ENGRAVED ROUNDED LOCK INSCRIBED 'TULA' IN CYRILLIC AND BALANCED BY A SIDE-PLATE EN SUITE ENGRAVED WITH A SPORTSMAN AND HIS DOG IN A LANDSCAPE, FIGURED WALNUT STOCK WITH BRASS MOUNTS ENGRAVED WITH TROPHIES, BALL MAGAZINE UNDER THE BARREL AND FED THROUGH THE REAR RAMROD-PIPE, DETACHABLE BUTT RESERVOIR OF IRON PAINTED TO SIMULATE WOOD (PAINT CHIPPED) AND WITH ENGRAVED BRASS MOUNTS, BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, AND BRASS-TIPPED RAMROD: IN ORIGINAL LINED AND FITTED CASE WITH ACCESSORIES (SOME REPLACED), THE EXTERIOR COVERED WITH LEATHER AND STUDDED WITH DOME-HEADED COPPER TACKS
31IN. (78.7CM.) BARREL
THIS GUN WORKS ON A PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED ADAPTION OF THE GIRANDONI SYSTEM INVENTED CIRCA 1779
TULA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL WITH SILVER FORE-SIGHT AND INLAID WITH A MARTIAL TROPHY IN SILVER AT THE BREECH, ENGRAVED ROUNDED LOCK INSCRIBED 'TULA' IN CYRILLIC AND BALANCED BY A SIDE-PLATE EN SUITE ENGRAVED WITH A SPORTSMAN AND HIS DOG IN A LANDSCAPE, FIGURED WALNUT STOCK WITH BRASS MOUNTS ENGRAVED WITH TROPHIES, BALL MAGAZINE UNDER THE BARREL AND FED THROUGH THE REAR RAMROD-PIPE, DETACHABLE BUTT RESERVOIR OF IRON PAINTED TO SIMULATE WOOD (PAINT CHIPPED) AND WITH ENGRAVED BRASS MOUNTS, BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, AND BRASS-TIPPED RAMROD: IN ORIGINAL LINED AND FITTED CASE WITH ACCESSORIES (SOME REPLACED), THE EXTERIOR COVERED WITH LEATHER AND STUDDED WITH DOME-HEADED COPPER TACKS
31IN. (78.7CM.) BARREL
THIS GUN WORKS ON A PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED ADAPTION OF THE GIRANDONI SYSTEM INVENTED CIRCA 1779