DATED 1668, PROBABLY AUGSBURG
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A 16-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE (MLLER-BCHSE)
DATED 1668, PROBABLY AUGSBURG
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH EIGHT GROOVES AND STAMPED WITH THE DATE AND A MARK IN FRONT OF THE BACK-SIGHT, THE BREECH SECTION WITH SIGHTING GROOVE AND STAMPED TWICE WITH MAKER'S MARK 'MK' CONJOINED ABOVE A LION (NEUE STøCKEL 3968), GROOVED TANG, FLAT DATED LOCK WITH FURTHER 'MK' MARK AND DOMED BRASS WHEEL-COVER ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE, FULL STOCK WITH PADDLE-SHAPED BUTT AND FLUTED FORE-END, INLAID WITH IRON SCROLLWORK HEIGHTENED WITH IRON NAILS AND SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL PLAQUES, INDENTED IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, SET TRIGGER, IRON FORE-END CAP AND RAMROD-PIPE, AND HORN-TIPPED RAMROD (INCOMPLETE)
28.1/8IN. (71.4CM.) BARREL
DATED 1668, PROBABLY AUGSBURG
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH EIGHT GROOVES AND STAMPED WITH THE DATE AND A MARK IN FRONT OF THE BACK-SIGHT, THE BREECH SECTION WITH SIGHTING GROOVE AND STAMPED TWICE WITH MAKER'S MARK 'MK' CONJOINED ABOVE A LION (NEUE STøCKEL 3968), GROOVED TANG, FLAT DATED LOCK WITH FURTHER 'MK' MARK AND DOMED BRASS WHEEL-COVER ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE, FULL STOCK WITH PADDLE-SHAPED BUTT AND FLUTED FORE-END, INLAID WITH IRON SCROLLWORK HEIGHTENED WITH IRON NAILS AND SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL PLAQUES, INDENTED IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, SET TRIGGER, IRON FORE-END CAP AND RAMROD-PIPE, AND HORN-TIPPED RAMROD (INCOMPLETE)
28.1/8IN. (71.4CM.) BARREL