A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE with two-stage sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, the breech with sighting groove behind the back-sight and struck with four marks, including AW (Neue Støckel 8539) twice, flat lock struck behind the wheel with maker's mark AO (Neue Støckel 8014) and with flat wheel-cover with punched and incised decoration, stained fruitwood full stock (wormed) inlaid with dark horn roundels (some replaced), and with an engraved stag on the cheek-piece, iron trigger-guard, set trigger, engraved horn fore-end cap and ramrod-pipe, and iron-tipped ramrod (patch-box cover replaced), circa 1650, the lock perhaps Dutch