EACH MID-19TH CENTURY
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A 50-Bore Belgian Percussion Target Pistol, And A 100-Bore German Needle-Fire Saloon Pistol
Each mid-19th Century
The first with rifled rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel with later gold inscription 'Pinsonnat Bury A Leige (sic)', scroll engraved patent breech and tang each numbered '2' in gold, scroll engraved case-hardened lock and mounts, figured walnut half-stock (minor defects) carved with foliage in relief on the fore-end tip and with fluted butt, and set trigger, Lige proof; the second with rifled rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel, pivoting breech-block fitted with lever on the right side (firing mechanism defective), figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, and plain iron mounts
16in. (40.7cm.) and 13in. (34.3cm.) (2)
Each mid-19th Century
The first with rifled rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel with later gold inscription 'Pinsonnat Bury A Leige (sic)', scroll engraved patent breech and tang each numbered '2' in gold, scroll engraved case-hardened lock and mounts, figured walnut half-stock (minor defects) carved with foliage in relief on the fore-end tip and with fluted butt, and set trigger, Lige proof; the second with rifled rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel, pivoting breech-block fitted with lever on the right side (firing mechanism defective), figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, and plain iron mounts
16in. (40.7cm.) and 13in. (34.3cm.) (2)