BY CASPAR KEILHOLSZ, DATED 1693
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AN UNUSUAL 32-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE WITH BRASS BARREL, LOCK AND MOUNTS
BY CASPAR KEILHOLSZ, DATED 1693
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH TEN ALTERNATING DEEP AND SHALLOW GROOVES, SIGNED TO THE REAR OF THE BACK-SIGHT, AND CUT WITH TWO DECORATIVE BANDS AT THE REAR, BRASS TANG, ROUNDED LOCK WITH WAVED MOULDED BORDER, BRASS COCK AND STEEL, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK WITH CHEEK-PIECE (FORE-END BRUISED), FLUTED TRIGGER-GUARD WITH TURNED FINIAL, PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND ESCUTCHEON, FLUTED SLIDING PATCH-BOX COVER, SET TRIGGER, TURNED BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, BRASS FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL BRASS-TIPPED RAMROD
28¾IN. (73CM.) BARREL
BY CASPAR KEILHOLSZ, DATED 1693
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH TEN ALTERNATING DEEP AND SHALLOW GROOVES, SIGNED TO THE REAR OF THE BACK-SIGHT, AND CUT WITH TWO DECORATIVE BANDS AT THE REAR, BRASS TANG, ROUNDED LOCK WITH WAVED MOULDED BORDER, BRASS COCK AND STEEL, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK WITH CHEEK-PIECE (FORE-END BRUISED), FLUTED TRIGGER-GUARD WITH TURNED FINIAL, PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND ESCUTCHEON, FLUTED SLIDING PATCH-BOX COVER, SET TRIGGER, TURNED BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, BRASS FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL BRASS-TIPPED RAMROD
28¾IN. (73CM.) BARREL